Health Care | Charts

Social Security Trust Fund Exhausting Faster Than Expected

Veronique de Rugy | Apr 30, 2012
According to the latest Social Security Trustee Report released last week, the Social Security trust fund will likely be exhausted by 2033—that’s 3 years earlier than last year’s projection and more than 20 years earlier than projections made in 1990.

Health Care Reform's Effect on the Federal Deficit

From 2012 to 2021, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the health care law will decrease our federal deficit by $123 billion.

Health Care Spending in the United States Before the Affordable Care Act

Veronique de Rugy | Mar 27, 2012
Mercatus Center senior research fellow Veronique de Rugy revisits data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to shed light on how health care expenditures have changed over time. This data accounts for the years preceding the enactment of the ACA to paint a clear picture of where U.S. health care spending stood before the ACA’s massive expansion of public health insurance programs.

Health Care Price Changes and Per Capita Growth in Medicare

Veronique de Rugy | Mar 12, 2012
This week, Mercatus Center senior research fellow Veronique de Rugy examines the growth trends in health care in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) against the average inflation rate of all consumer prices and per capita Medicare spending.

Raising Medicare and Social Security Eligibility Ages

Veronique de Rugy | Jan 23, 2012
This week’s chart considers the fiscal and economic effects of raising the ages of eligibility for Medicare and Social Security.

Spending Surge for Seniors: Medicare and Social Security Total 50 Percent of Budget by 2030

Veronique de Rugy | Dec 19, 2011
This chart examines the annual share of the U.S. budget spent on programs benefiting senior citizens.

Medicare Costs Over Time

Veronique de Rugy | Jun 20, 2011
In this chart, Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow Veronique de Rugy uses data from the 2011 Trustees Report and Congressional Budget Office to show Medicare costs over time.

Medicare Expenditures Under the CMS Alternative Scenario

Veronique de Rugy | May 31, 2011
This chart by Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow Veronique de Rugy looks at the long-term projections of Medicare costs.

Medicare Spending by Source

Veronique de Rugy | May 23, 2011
This chart uses the Trustees’ most recent projections to illustrate the future sources of Medicare spending.

Long-Term Social Security and Medicare Deficits

Veronique de Rugy | May 03, 2010
Veronique de Rugy examines the 2009 long term projections of year-over-year deficits of two of our nation’s largest social programs: Medicare and Social Security.
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