Solvency Projections of the Part A Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, 1970-2009

Description: The Medicare Part A Hospital Insurance Trust Fund has faced projected funding shortfalls throughout its history. The latest Trustees report projects the Part A trust fund will be exhausted by 2017, unless Congress acts to slow spending or increase revenues.

Source: Intermediate projections from 1970-2009 Annual Reports of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds.

Topics: Medicare

Included in these Slideshows: KFF.org Data Spotlight

Slide Date: May 12, 2009

Medicare Part D Enrollees Who Reached the Coverage Gap in 2007

Description: An estimated 3.4 million Medicare Part D enrollees (26%) who filled a prescription in 2007 reached the coverage gap, where they faced the full cost of their prescriptions.

Source: Georgetown University/NORC/Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of IMS Health LRx database, 2007.

Topics: Medicare

Included in these Slideshows: KFF.org Data Spotlight

Slide Date: September 05, 2008

Medicare Enrollment, by Eligibility Status, 2001-2010

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, 2001-2007: based on Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, 2002-2008; 2008-2010: Department of Health and Human Services, FY2010 Budget in Brief, May 2009.

Topics: Medicare

Slide Date: May 13, 2009

Characteristics of the Medicare Population, 2007

Source: Income data from US Census Bureau, Current Population Survey published on statehealthfacts.org; all other data from Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey 2007 Access to Care file.

Topics: Medicare

Slide Date: July 02, 2009

Medicare Spending as a Share of Total Federal Outlays, FY2010

Source: OMB, Fiscal Year 2010 Budget, February 2009.  Budget Summary by Category.

Topics: Medicare

Slide Date: May 13, 2009

Medicare’s Share of National Personal Health Expenditures, by Type of Service, 2007

Source: CMS, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group, January 2009.

Topics: Medicare

Slide Date: July 02, 2009

Medicare Benefit Payments, by Type of Service, 2009

Source: Congressional Budget Office, Medicare Baseline, March 2009.

Topics: Medicare

Slide Date: May 13, 2009

Estimated Sources of Medicare Revenue, FY2010

Source: 2009 Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds.

Topics: Medicare

Slide Date: May 13, 2009

Median Out-of-Pocket Health Care Spending as a Percent of Income for Elderly vs. Non-Elderly Households, 1997-2005

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the CMS Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Cost & Use file, 1997-2005.

Topics: Medicare

Slide Date: November 21, 2008

Components of Health Care Spending by Medicare Households, 2006

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey Interview and Expense Files, 2006.

Topics: Medicare

Slide Date: July 02, 2009