The data illustrates total Medicare income from 1970 to 2017. In 1970, the Medicare program generated a total income of some 7.5 billion USD. Forty years later, this figure stood at some 500 billion USD.
1970 | 7.5 |
1975 | 16.9 |
1980 | 35.7 |
1985 | 75.5 |
1990 | 125.7 |
1995 | 173 |
2000 | 248.9 |
2005 | 349.4 |
2006 | 422.3 |
2007 | 457.1 |
2008 | 474.6 |
2009 | 491.5 |
2010 | 500.7 |
2011 | 528 |
2012 | 532.6 |
2013 | 556.7 |
2014 | 597.7 |
2015 | 629.9 |
2016 | 687.7 |
2017 | 721 |