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. 1984 Fall;6(1):1–29.

Table 25. Medicare: Hospital Insurance Trust Fund income and percent distribution of payroll taxes by type: Fiscal years 1977-1983.

Fiscal year Total income Payroll taxes Voluntary premiums Other income

Total Employer Employee Self-employed
Amount in millions
1977 $15,374 $13,649 $ 6,714 $ 6,477 $ 457 $11 $1,714
1978 18,543 16,677 8,235 7,949 494 12 1,854
1979 21,910 19,927 9,815 9,482 630 17 1,967
1980 25,415 23,244 11,420 11,084 739 17 2,154
1981 32,863 30,425 15,023 14,603 799 21 2,417
1982 37,611 34,390 16,872 16,405 1,113 25 3,195
1983 43,940 36,387 18,295 17,158 934 26 7,528
Percent distribution of payroll taxes
1977 100.0 49.2 47.5 3.3
1978 100.0 49.4 47.7 3.0
1979 100.0 49.3 47.6 3.2
1980 100.0 49.1 47.7 3.2
1981 100.0 49.4 48.0 2.6
1982 100.0 49.1 47.7 3.2
1983 100.0 50.3 47.2 2.6
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1984 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and unpublished data.

NOTE: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.

SOURCE: Office of Financial and Actuarial Analysis, Bureau of Data Management and Strategy, Health Care Financing Administration.