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Total Medicare income 1970-2017

Total Medicare income from 1970 to 2017 (Figures expressed in billions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise specified)

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