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Health care is an inviting target for budget cutters in Washington. One of every four dollars in federal spending in fiscal year 2024 was used to pay for health programs and services. The next-largest categories are Social Security (21%), national defense (13%) and interest payments on the national debt (13%). Combined, these four categories account for nearly three-quarters of all federal spending.
“With spending on health programs accounting for a substantial share of federal spending, those programs are an obvious target to achieve overall spending goals in current budget reconciliation discussions,” according to a new report published by KFF. “Medicaid has been the primary focus for federal spending cuts, but cuts to Medicare and the Affordable Care Act have also been floated.”
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