Medicare spending in United States

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary. (2026). CMS National Health Expenditure Accounts, type of service and source of funds: total national health expenditures paid by Medicare, millions, calendar years from 1960 (Medicare spending, United States, 1966 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/historical

CMS National Health Expenditure Accounts, type of service and source of funds: total national health expenditures paid by Medicare, millions, calendar years from 1960, Medicare spending, United States, 1966 to 2024. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, 13 Jan. 2026, https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/historical. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/medicare-spending/united-states. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary. 2026. CMS National Health Expenditure Accounts, type of service and source of funds: total national health expenditures paid by Medicare, millions, calendar years from 1960. Medicare spending, United States, 1966 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/historical. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/medicare-spending/united-states.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary (2026) CMS National Health Expenditure Accounts, type of service and source of funds: total national health expenditures paid by Medicare, millions, calendar years from 1960, Medicare spending, United States, 1966 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/historical, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/medicare-spending/united-states (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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