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Total Medicaid outlays by type of payment 2015

Total Medicaid outlays in 2015, by type of payment (Figures expressed in billions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise specified)

The data describes Medicaid's total outlays in 2015, distributed by type of payment. In that year, Medicaid spent around 525 billion USD on medical assistance payments. This was by far the biggest part of the 454 billion USD in total.

Medical assistance payments 330 194.7 524.7
Administration payments 16.7 9.3 26
Vaccines for Children Program 3.8 3.8
Collections -0.8 -0.8
Net outlays 349.8 204 553.8