Charts
Apr 25, 2019
Sources of Medicare Financing
General revenue — not the Medicare payroll tax — is now the largest source of Medicare’s financing.
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Blog Posts
Apr 23, 2019
Five Charts about the Future of Social Security and Medicare
The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports, which show that these vital programs are on an unsustainable path.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2019/04/five-charts-about-the-future-of-social-security-and-medicare
Press Releases & Statements
Apr 22, 2019
Peterson Foundation on Social Security, Medicare Trustees Reports: Doing Nothing Today Means Cuts Tomorrow
The latest trustees reports make clear that Social Security and Medicare beneficiaries face substantial cuts in the near future unless policymakers take action to make these vital programs solvent.
Charts
Apr 3, 2019
Out-of-Pocket Spending on Healthcare Is Declining
Consumer out-of-pocket spending is declining as a share of national health spending.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0090_outofpocket_spending
Charts
Apr 2, 2019
Growing Healthcare Costs in the U.S.
Total U.S. health spending (public and private) is projected to rise to nearly one-fifth of the economy by 2025.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0056_health-care-costs-proj
Charts
Mar 21, 2019
Rising Healthcare Costs
Healthcare costs in the U.S. have increased drastically over the past several decades.
Blog Posts
Mar 15, 2019
Why Are Americans Paying More for Healthcare?
High healthcare spending is not necessarily a bad thing, especially if it leads to better health outcomes. However, that is not the case in the U.S.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2019/03/why-are-americans-paying-more-for-healthcare
Charts
Feb 6, 2019
Medicare lifetime benefits & taxes by decade of birth
On average, Medicare benefits far exceed taxes over an individual’s lifetime.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0197_Medicare_lifetime_benefits
Blog Posts
Dec 17, 2018
9 Charts That Show How Our Fiscal Outlook Has Gone from Bad to Worse
Significant damage was done to America’s fiscal outlook over the past year.
Blog Posts
Nov 29, 2018
What Is the National Debt Costing Us?
Programs that millions of Americans depend on and care about may be feeling a squeeze from interest costs on our high and rising national debt.