Expenditures per Capita on Medicare

Description: 

Total expenditures on Medicare in constant dollars, divided by the country’s total population.

Source: 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, National Health Expenditure Accounts (Historical Data) and U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates.

Methodological Notes: 

Medicare is a public health insurance program for people age 65 or older, people under the age of 65 with certain disabilities, and people of all ages with End-Stage Renal Disease. 

Expenditures are adjusted for inflation using the Bureau of Economic Analysis price index for Gross Domestic Product. See National Income and Product Accounts.