Pie chart showing percentage covered by each source of funds
Private Health Insurance, 40.4%
Medicare, 31.5%
Medicaid, 9.9%
Out of Pocket, 13.3%
Other Third-Party Payers, 1.3%
Other Health Insurance Programs, 3.5%

Figure 28Prescription drug expenditures, by source of funds, 2020

Note: Data are available at https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/NationalHealthExpendData/NationalHealthAccountsHistorical.html. Personal healthcare expenditures are outlays for goods and services related directly to patient care. These expenditures are total national health expenditures minus expenditures for investment, health insurance program administration and the net cost of insurance, and public health activities.

Other health insurance programs include Children’s Health Insurance Program (Titles XIX and XXI) and programs available through the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Other third-party payers may include worksite healthcare, other private venues, Indian Health Service, workers’ compensation, general assistance, maternal and child health programs, vocational rehabilitation programs, other federal programs, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, other state and local programs, and school health programs.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, NHE Table 16, Retail Prescription Drugs Expenditures; Levels, Percent Change, and Percent Distribution, by Source of Funds: Selected Calendar Years 1970-2020.

From: PORTRAIT OF AMERICAN HEALTHCARE

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