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Federal Health Care Breakdown
- Total ~$3.82 Trillion in government‑financed health spending flows through multiple channels
- Medicare (federal only) → ($1.02T) pays providers via public/private insurers
- Medicaid/CHIP (~$1.4 T) → jointly run by states/federal → state or insurer payments to providers
- Private insurance subsidies (~$0.38 T federal) → flow to insurers → providers.
- Discretionary programs and VA → smaller share (~$0.25 T) through direct government delivery
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Projections June 23, 2025
U.S. Spending
U.S. spends roughly 2X other countries with poorer health outcomes.
Huge Savings Potential
- On average the U.S. spends about 2X the amount on health care compared to like developed nations ($7.4k)
- A large national savings potential of a minimum of $969B-$2,616 trillion per year for our 340M population
- Donald Berwick, former CMS Administrator, estimated that there is between 20 and 30% waste in health care spending.