By NextBestFitFederal government: Federal employer Medicare payroll tax
Amount
$5.8B
per year
Per resident, per year
$17
÷ 341.1M people
Per household, per year
$44
÷ 132.2M households
How it is built
CMS NHE Tables 5-1 to 5-4
Part of: National health expenditures by sponsor
Sources: CMS Office of the Actuary (2025)