Table 6. Personal Health Care Expenditures Under Medicare and Medicaid and Sources of Medicare Financing: Selected Calendar Years 1966-94.
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| Inpatient Hospital Deductible6 | Supplementary Medical Insurance Monthly Premium7 | Annual Maximum Taxable Earnings | Contribution Rate 8,9 | |||||||
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| Medicare and Medicaid1 | Medicare | Medicaid | ||||||||
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| Medicare2 | Medicaid Recipients5 | |||||||||
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| Enrollees3 | Users4 | |||||||||
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| Amount In Billions | Number in Millions | Amount in Dollars | Percent | |||||||
| 1966 | $3.0 | $1.7 | $1.3 | 19.1 | 3.7 | — | $40 | $3.00 | $6,600 | 0.35 |
| 1967 | 7.8 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 19.5 | 7.2 | — | 40 | 3.00 | 6,600 | 0.50 |
| 1972 | 16.9 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 21.3 | 10.0 | 17.6 | 68 | 5.80 | 9,000 | 0.60 |
| 1973 | 19.3 | 10.2 | 9.1 | 23.5 | 10.2 | 19.6 | 72 | 106.30 | 10,800 | 1.00 |
| 1975 | 28.6 | 15.7 | 12.9 | 25.0 | 13.0 | 22.0 | 92 | 6.70 | 14,100 | 0.90 |
| 1980 | 61.2 | 36.4 | 24.8 | 28.5 | 18.0 | 21.6 | 180 | 9.60 | 25,900 | 1.05 |
| 1985 | 109.4 | 70.3 | 39.2 | 31.1 | 22.3 | 21.8 | 400 | 15.50 | 39,600 | 1.35 |
| 1989 | 159.1 | 100.0 | 59.1 | 33.6 | 26.1 | 23.5 | 560 | 1131.90 | 48,000 | 1.45 |
| 1990 | 181.3 | 109.6 | 71.7 | 34.2 | 27.1 | 25.3 | 592 | 28.60 | 51,300 | 1.45 |
| 1991 | 210.2 | 120.2 | 90.1 | 34.9 | 27.6 | 28.3 | 628 | 29.90 | 125,000 | 1.45 |
| 1992 | 238.4 | 135.9 | 102.5 | 35.6 | 27.9 | 30.9 | 652 | 31.80 | 130,200 | 1.45 |
| 1993 | 262.7 | 148.6 | 114.1 | 36.3 | 29.5 | 33.4 | 676 | 36.60 | 135,000 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 289.1 | 166.1 | 122.9 | 36.9 | 30.1 | 35.1 | 696 | 41.10 | (12) | 1.45 |
Excludes “buy-in” premiums paid by Medicaid for SMI coverage of aged and disabled Medicaid recipients eligible for coverage.
Hospital insurance (HI) and/or supplementary medical insurance (SMI).
Enrollees as of July 1 of specified year.
Enrollees with some provider payment under Medicare during calendar year. Data through 1973 reflect aged users only. Data for 1974 and later include aged and disabled users.
Unduplicated count of Medicaid recipients during fiscal year.
As of January of specified year with the exception of 1966, for which July data are used.
As of July for 1966-83 and as of January for 1984 and later.
Employer and employee (each) and self-employed people through 1983.
Effective in 1984, self-employed people pay double this rate, the equivalent of both the employer and the employee share.
Monthly premium for July and August 1973 was reduced to $5.80 and $6.10, respectively, by the Cost of Living Council.
Includes $27.90 SMI monthly premium and $4 catastrophic coverage monthly premium.
The limit on earnings subject to the HI contribution rate was repealed, effective January 1, 1994.
SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Office of the Actuary: Data from the Office of National Health Statistics.