By NextBestFitFederal government: Medicare general revenue & net trust fund draw
Amount
$509.6B
per year
Per resident, per year
$1,494
÷ 341.1M people
Per household, per year
$3,855
÷ 132.2M households
How it is built
CMS NHE Tables 5-1 to 5-4
Part of: National health expenditures by sponsor
Problems this cost relates to
Sources: CMS Office of the Actuary (2025)