TABLE 5–1Government Health Programs

ProgramYearEnrollmentExpenditures
Medicare200140 million aged and disabled individuals a $242.4 billion h
Medicaid200247 million low-income individuals b $247 billion (federal, $147 billion; state, $100 billion) b
SCHIP20014.6 million low-income children c $4.6 billion c
VHA20014.3 million veterans d $21 billion d
IHS20011.5 million American Indians and Alaska Natives e $3.2 billion e
DOD TRICARE20018.4 million active-duty members of the military f $14.2 billion f
FEHBP20009 million federal employees, dependents, and retirees g $20 billion g

NOTE: VHA = Veterans Health Administration; IHS = Indian Health Service; DOD = Department of Defense; FEHBP = Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.

SOURCES: a Boards of Trustees (2002). b Smith et al. (2002); CMS (2002a); CMS (2002c). c CMS (2002a); CMS (2002a); CMS (2002c). d GAO (2001b). e IHS (2002a, 2002b). f Department of Defense (2002). g OPM (2001); Office of the President (2001). h DHHS (2002).

From: 5, The Health Care Delivery System

Cover of The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century
The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century.
Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Assuring the Health of the Public in the 21st Century.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2002.
Copyright 2003 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

NCBI Bookshelf. A service of the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.