Status of the Social Security and Medicare Programs

The following table presents the plot points for the data in Chart D--Medicare Expenditures and Non-Interest Income by Source (as a percentage of GDP) on a calendar year basis for the historical period (1970-2007) and the projection period (2008-2082), under the intermediate set of assumptions.

 

Plot points

Calendar year	Payroll taxes	Tax on benefits	Premiums	State transfers	General revenue	Expenditures
1970	0.48%	0.00%	0.11%	0.00%	0.19%	0.74%
1971	0.44%	0.00%	0.12%	0.00%	0.17%	0.76%
1972	0.47%	0.00%	0.11%	0.00%	0.15%	0.76%
1973	0.73%	0.00%	0.11%	0.00%	0.16%	0.77%
1974	0.73%	0.00%	0.12%	0.00%	0.18%	0.90%
1975	0.71%	0.00%	0.12%	0.00%	0.20%	1.03%
1976	0.71%	0.00%	0.11%	0.00%	0.22%	1.07%
1977	0.69%	0.00%	0.11%	0.00%	0.31%	1.12%
1978	0.76%	0.00%	0.11%	0.00%	0.31%	1.14%
1979	0.82%	0.00%	0.11%	0.00%	0.29%	1.19%
1980	0.86%	0.00%	0.11%	0.00%	0.30%	1.32%
1981	1.06%	0.00%	0.12%	0.00%	0.39%	1.41%
1982	1.07%	0.00%	0.11%	0.00%	0.41%	1.59%
1983	1.06%	0.00%	0.12%	0.00%	0.54%	1.66%
1984	1.08%	0.00%	0.13%	0.00%	0.46%	1.67%
1985	1.14%	0.00%	0.13%	0.00%	0.43%	1.68%
1986	1.23%	0.00%	0.13%	0.00%	0.41%	1.71%
1987	1.25%	0.00%	0.16%	0.00%	0.51%	1.75%
1988	1.23%	0.00%	0.17%	0.00%	0.52%	1.73%
1989	1.25%	0.00%	0.22%	0.00%	0.57%	1.83%
1990	1.25%	0.00%	0.20%	0.00%	0.56%	1.90%
1991	1.30%	0.00%	0.21%	0.00%	0.64%	2.01%
1992	1.30%	0.00%	0.23%	0.00%	0.66%	2.14%
1993	1.27%	0.00%	0.22%	0.00%	0.63%	2.22%
1994	1.35%	0.02%	0.26%	0.00%	0.52%	2.34%
1995	1.34%	0.05%	0.28%	0.00%	0.53%	2.48%
1996	1.42%	0.05%	0.26%	0.00%	0.81%	2.53%
1997	1.39%	0.04%	0.25%	0.00%	0.73%	2.52%
1998	1.43%	0.06%	0.25%	0.00%	0.73%	2.38%
1999	1.43%	0.07%	0.22%	0.00%	0.65%	2.29%
2000	1.48%	0.09%	0.22%	0.00%	0.68%	2.28%
2001	1.51%	0.07%	0.24%	0.00%	0.72%	2.43%
2002	1.46%	0.08%	0.25%	0.00%	0.76%	2.52% <