Medicare budget numbers: bad, worse, and confusing

By Tue, May 1, 2012

Social Security and Medicare accounted for 36% of federal spending in fiscal 2011, say the program's trustees. Through the mid-2030s, population aging and lower-birth-rate generations entering the workforce will cause costs to grow faster than GDP.

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