Introduction As this 2012 edition of Federal Spending by the Numbers shows, total federal spending for fiscal year 2012[1] reached $3.6 trillion, or 22.9 percent the size of the entire U.S ...

This is part three of a three-part article on policy issues in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. The topics covered ...

It said "nearly 70 percent of all federal spending will go towards Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid" in fiscal year 2014. The reader wondered whether that was true, and so did we.

The poll’s results stand in stark contrast to Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which cuts federal health care spending.

President Donald Trump signed into law last week a sweeping package of tax cuts and spending cuts, which passed the Senate and House with narrow majorities and no Democratic support. As is his ...

If defense cuts were off the table, cuts to the rest of the budget would increase to 31 percent. ... Social Security represents the largest share of federal spending, followed by Medicare.

Amidst heated current discussions of federal spending, tax cuts, and budget deficits, ... Medicare was 14 percent of federal outlays in 2023 and is projected to grow to 18 percent of outlays by 2034.

Federal spending on Social Security and Medicare is projected to rise dramatically over the next decade, far outpacing revenues and the economy on the whole while putting new pressure on Congress ...

In 1981, federal spending was 21.2% of gross national product (GDP). In 2023, federal spending was 22.1% of GDP. So, yes, federal spending has inched up almost 1 percentage point of GDP over 42 years.

Social Security and Medicare. According to a new report by the Congressional Budget Office, the federal government spent about one-third of its budget on seniors in 2005 (see pages 12-14).By last ...

By 2020, net interest costs would account for a record 16.1 percent of the federal budget and 4.1 percent of GDP. Net interests costs would be nearly three-quarters the size of the entire $1,041 ...