[Historical Tables]
[Section 16 - Federal Health Spending]
[Table 16.1 - Total Outlays for Health Programs: 1962-2003]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
                                                   Table 16.1--OUTLAYS FOR HEALTH PROGRAMS: 1962-2003                                                   
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                                                                           In Billions of Dollars                                     As Percentages of 
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                                                                                                        Federal Employees                               
                                                                                                         Health Benefits                                
              Fiscal Year                           Defense   Medicare   Medicare            Veterans        (FEHB)          Other      Total           
                                           Total    Health   (Excluding  Premiums  Medicaid   Medical --------------------  Health    Outlays      GDP  
                                                    Program   Premiums)                        Care      Gross                                          
                                                                                                        Outlays   Income                                
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1962...................................       2.3       N/A  ..........  ........       0.1       1.1       0.3      -0.3       1.1        2.1       0.4
1963...................................       2.6       N/A  ..........  ........       0.2       1.1       0.4      -0.4       1.3        2.3       0.4
1964...................................       3.0       N/A  ..........  ........       0.2       1.2       0.4      -0.4       1.6        2.5       0.5
                                                                                                                                                        
1965...................................       3.1       N/A  ..........  ........       0.3       1.3       0.5      -0.5       1.5        2.6       0.4
1966...................................       3.9       N/A        0.1   ........       0.8       1.3       0.5      -0.5       1.8        2.9       0.5
1967...................................       7.5       N/A        3.4       -0.6       1.2       1.4       0.6      -0.6       2.2        4.8       0.9
1968...................................      10.5       N/A        5.3       -0.7       1.8       1.5       0.7      -0.7       2.6        5.9       1.2
1969...................................      12.4       N/A        6.6       -0.9       2.3       1.6       0.8      -0.8       2.9        6.8       1.3
                                                                                                                                                        
1970...................................      13.9       N/A        7.1       -0.9       2.7       1.8       0.9      -0.9       3.2        7.1       1.4
1971...................................      15.5       N/A        7.9       -1.3       3.4       2.0       1.1      -1.1       3.5        7.4       1.4
1972...................................      18.6       N/A        8.8       -1.3       4.6       2.4       1.3      -1.3       4.1        8.1       1.6
1973...................................      20.1       N/A        9.5       -1.4       4.6       2.7       1.4      -1.4       4.7        8.2       1.5
1974...................................      23.4       N/A       11.3       -1.7       5.8       3.0       1.5      -1.5       5.0        8.7       1.6
                                                                                                                                                        
1975...................................      29.5       N/A       14.8       -1.9       6.8       3.7       1.8      -1.8       6.1        8.9       1.9
1976...................................      35.6       N/A       17.8       -1.9       8.6       4.0       2.2      -2.3       7.2        9.6       2.1
TQ.....................................       9.2       N/A        4.8       -0.5       2.2       1.0       0.6      -0.6       1.7        9.6       2.0
1977...................................      41.4       N/A       21.5       -2.2       9.9       4.7       2.7      -2.7       7.5       10.1       2.1
1978...................................      46.5       N/A       25.2       -2.4      10.7       5.3       3.0      -3.1       7.9       10.1       2.1
1979...................................      52.6       N/A       29.1       -2.7      12.4       5.6       3.2      -3.3       8.2       10.4       2.1
                                                                                                                                                        
1980...................................      65.4       3.7       35.0       -2.9      14.0       6.5       3.6      -3.6       9.2       11.1       2.4
1981...................................      77.8       4.8       42.5       -3.3      16.8       7.0       4.3      -4.3      10.0       11.5       2.6
1982...................................      87.3       5.8       50.4       -3.9      17.4       7.5       5.0      -5.0      10.1       11.7       2.7
1983...................................      95.9       6.4       56.8       -4.3      19.0       8.3       5.7      -5.9       9.9       11.9       2.8
1984...................................     103.6       6.8       62.5       -4.9      20.1       8.9       6.6      -6.7      10.4       12.2       2.7
                                                                                                                                                        
1985...................................     117.1       8.2       71.4       -5.6      22.7       9.5       6.5      -6.8      11.2       12.4       2.9
1986...................................     124.9       8.9       75.9       -5.7      25.0       9.9       6.6      -6.8      11.2       12.6       2.9
1987...................................     135.4      10.1       81.6       -6.5      27.4      10.3       7.3      -7.1      12.3       13.5       2.9
1988...................................     145.1      10.9       87.7       -8.8      30.5      10.8       8.7      -9.0      14.4       13.6       2.9
1989...................................     156.3      11.6       96.6      -11.6      34.6      11.3       9.1     -11.0      15.7       13.7       2.9
                                                                                                                                                        
1990...................................     180.4      12.4      109.7      -11.6      41.1      12.1      11.0     -12.2      17.8       14.4       3.2
1991...................................     202.7      14.2      116.7      -12.2      52.5      12.9      12.4     -13.4      19.6       15.3       3.5
1992...................................     237.0      14.4      132.3      -13.2      67.8      14.1      13.9     -14.3      22.1       17.2       3.9
1993...................................     259.9      15.2      145.9      -15.3      75.8      14.8      14.6     -15.5      24.5       18.4       4.0
1994...................................     282.6      15.1      162.5      -17.7      82.0      15.7      15.5     -16.2      25.7       19.3       4.1
                                                                                                                                                        
1995...................................     307.1      15.4      180.1      -20.2      89.1      16.4      15.9     -16.2      26.7       20.3       4.3
1996...................................     325.6      15.4      194.3      -20.0      92.0      16.6      16.1     -15.7      26.9       20.9       4.3
1997...................................     346.5      15.6      210.4      -20.4      95.6      17.1      16.6     -15.9      27.6       21.6       4.3
1998 estimate..........................     364.1      15.7      218.8      -20.7     101.0      18.4      17.1     -17.0      30.7       21.8       4.4
1999 estimate..........................     382.2      15.6      228.6      -21.3     107.7      17.9      18.1     -18.0      33.7       22.1       4.4
                                                                                                                                                        
2000 estimate..........................     400.5      15.9      240.0      -23.2     114.8      17.8      19.4     -19.6      35.3       22.4       4.4
2001 estimate..........................     427.0      16.5      257.9      -25.4     123.4      17.8      20.6     -20.7      36.9       23.3       4.5
2002 estimate..........................     440.0      16.7      262.6      -27.7     132.6      17.8      22.1     -22.1      38.2       23.7       4.5
2003 estimate..........................     474.5      16.9      286.2      -30.4     143.1      18.3      23.6     -23.6      40.4       24.4       4.6
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Note: Totals for fiscal years prior to 1980 do not include defense health.