Data from 1999 Report of the Health Care Financing Administration, HHS

Summary 1990 to 1998

Year

1999

1998

1997

1996

1995

1994

1993

1992

1991

1990

National Health (amount in $ billions-rounded off)

1149

1088

1039

993

948

899

837

767

699

Per Capita, National Health (amount in $)

4094

3912

3772

3637

3501

3351

3151

2918

2689

Population (in millions)

281

278

276

273

271

268

266

263

260

Gross Domestic Product (in $ billions)

8511

8111

7662

7270

6947

6558

6244

5917

5744

Health Care as a percent of GDP

13.5%

13.4%

13.6%

13.7%

13.6%

13.7%

13.4%

13.0%

12.2%

WHO PAYS THE HEALTH CARE BILL IN THE UNITED STATES ??? 1990 to 1998

1. National Health Expenditures (in $ millions) TOTAL = 2+ 3

1149066

1088230

1039428

993275

947745

898496

836537

766783

699361

2. From U.S. Middle and Working Classes

TOTAL = 2a + 2b +2c (in $ millions)

1097243

1037973

993373

950566

906518

859173

800231

732996

667761

Percentage of total National Health Care Costs

95.49%

95.38%

95.57%

95.70%

95.65%

95.62%

95.66%

95.59%

95.48%

2a. As Health Care Consumers

574556

535741

512955

494591

483505

473850

447247

415072

384587

2b. As Federal Taxpayers

376889

363043

347303

326136

301199

275353

251759

222550

195181

2c. As Local and State Taxpayers

145798

139189

133115

129839

121814

109970

101225

95374

87993

TOTAL as Taxpayers

522687

502232

480418

455975

423013

385323

352984

317924

283174

3. From Private Sources (in $ millions)

51824

50257

46055

42710

41227

39322

36306

33787

31601

Percentage of total National Health Care Costs

4.51%

4.62%

4.43%

4.30%

4.35%

4.38%

4.34%

4.41%

4.52%

Summary - 1980 to 1989

Year

1989

1988

1987

1986

1985

1984

1983

1982

1981

1980

National Health (amount in $ billions-rounded off)

624

560

501

461

429

390

355

323

287

247

Per Capita, National Health (amount in $)

2422

2200

1985

1847

1734

1593

1466

1346

1208

1052

Population (in millions)

257

255

252

250

247

245

242

240

238

235

Gross Domestic Product (in $ billions)

5439

5050

4692

4422

4181

3902

3515

3242

3116

2784

Health Care as a percent of GDP

11.5%

11.1%

10.7%

10.4%

10.3%

10.0%

10.1%

10.0%

9.2%

8.9%

WHO PAYS THE HEALTH CARE BILL IN THE UNITED STATES ??? 1980 to 1989

1. National Health Expenditures (in $ millions) TOTAL = 2+ 3

623536

560379

500502

461229

428721

390077

355291

322978

286908

247273

2. From U.S. Middle and Working Classes

TOTAL = 2a + 2b +2c (in $ millions)

593796

531646

475709

438467

407707

370196

336025

305433

271870

234792

Percentage of total National Health Care Costs

95.23%

94.87%

95.05%

95.06%

95.10%

94.90%

94.58%

94.57%

94.76%

94.95%

2a. As Health Care Consumers

341673

305518

268498

248636

233504

210057

188480

170852

150677

130011

2b. As Federal Taxpayers

174766

156359

143096

132634

123171

113207

103126

93038

83711

71958

2c. As Local and State Taxpayers

77357

69769

64115

57197

51032

46932

44419

41543

37482

32823

TOTAL as Taxpayers

252123

226128

207211

189831

174203

160139

147545

134581

121193

104781

3. From Private Sources (in $ millions)

29740

28733

24793

22762

21014

19880

19266

17545

15039

12482

Percentage of total National Health Care Costs

4.77%

5.13%

4.95%

4.94%

4.90%

5.10%

5.42%

5.43%

5.24%

5.05%

Summary - 1970 to 1979

Year

1979

1978

1977

1976

1975

1974

1973

1972

1971

1970

National Health (amount in $ billions-rounded off)

215

191

170

150

131

114

101

91

81

73

Per Capita, National Health (amount in $)

924

827

746

662

582

513

456

415

373

341

Population (in millions)

233

231

229

227

225

223

221

219

217

215

Gross Domestic Product (in $ billions)

2558

2291

2027

1819

1631

1497

1383

1237

1125

1036

Health Care as a percent of GDP

8.4%

8.3%

8.4%

8.2%

8.0%

7.6%

7.3%

7.3%

7.2%

7.1%

WHO PAYS THE HEALTH CARE BILL IN THE UNITED STATES ??? 1970 to 1979

1. National Health Expenditures (in $ millions) TOTAL = 2+ 3

215201

190601

170375

149856

130727

114265

100838

90943

81018

73243

2. From U.S. Middle and Working Classes

TOTAL = 2a + 2b +2c (in $ millions)

205399

181800

162479

142221

124395

108253

95180

85431

76149

68890

Percentage of total National Health Care Costs

95.45%

95.38%

95.37%

94.91%

95.16%

94.74%

94.39%

93.94%

93.99%

94.06%

2a. As Health Care Consumers

115252

102247

92262

79799

69363

61656

55892

50296

44960

41184

2b. As Federal Taxpayers

61384

54325

47693

42952

36407

30575

25199

22974

20403

17816

2c. As Local and State Taxpayers

28763

25228

22524

19470

18625

16022

14089

12161

10786

9890

TOTAL as Taxpayers

90147

79553

70217

62422

55032

46597

39288

35135

31189

27706

3. From Private Sources (in $ millions)

9802

8802

7896

7634

6332

6012

5658

5512

4869

4353

Percentage of total National Health Care Costs

4.55%

4.62%

4.63%

5.09%

4.84%

5.26%

5.61%

6.06%

6.01%

5.94%

Summary - 1960 to 1969

Year

1969

1968

1967

1966

1965

1964

1963

1962

1961

1960

National Health (amount in $ billions-rounded off)

65

58

51

45

41

38

34

31

29

27

Per Capita, National Health (amount in $)

305

274

245

219

202

187

171

159

149

141

Population (in millions)

213

211

208

206

204

202

199

196

193

190

Gross Domestic Product (in $ billions)

982

911

834

788

719

663

617

585

545

527

Health Care as a percent of GDP

6.6%

6.3%

6.1%

5.7%

5.7%

5.7%

5.5%

5.4%

5.3%

5.1%

WHO PAYS THE HEALTH CARE BILL IN THE UNITED STATES ??? 1960 to 1969

1. National Health Expenditures (in $ millions) TOTAL = 2+ 3

64792

57684

50969

45263

41145

37647

34067

31268

28768

26850

2. From U.S. Middle and Working Classes

TOTAL = 2a + 2b +2c (in $ millions)

61099

54745

48482

42845

38843

35554

32261

29580

27318

25593

Percentage of total National Health Care Costs

94.30%

94.90%

95.12%

94.66%

94.41%

94.44%

94.70%

94.60%

94.96%

95.32%

2a. As Health Care Consumers

36554

32940

29477

29182

28565

26198

23537

21603

20015

18945

2b. As Federal Taxpayers

16049

14190

12106

7614

4820

4460

4231

3787

3327

2914

2c. As Local and State Taxpayers

8496

7615

6899

6049

5458

4896

4493

4190

3976

3734

TOTAL as Taxpayers

24545

21805

19005

13663

10278

9356

8724

7977

7303

6648

3. From Private Sources (in $ millions)

3693

2940

2487

2418

2302

2093

1807

1688

1450

1258

Percentage of total National Health Care Costs

5.70%

5.10%

4.88%

5.34%

5.59%

5.56%

5.30%

5.40%

5.04%

4.69%