Saturday, May 18, 2013

Medicare and Social Security Details

On May 10, 2013, usgovernmentspending.com was updated to provide details of Social Security outlays --  divided between Old Age and Survivor Insurance (OASI) and Disability Insurance (DI).  It was also updated to provide details of Medicare outlays -- broken down into Part A, Part B, and Part D.

Go here to get details of the Social Security changes on usgovernmentspending.com.

Go here to get details of the Medicare changes on usgovernmentspending.com.

UPDATED: 3/14/2014.

New Social Security Breakdown

On May 12, 2013 we updated usgovernmentspending.com to show details of the federal Social Security program.

Historical Table 3.2, published each year in the Historical Tables section of the Budget of the United States, is the primary source for showing federal outlays down to the "subfunction" level.  Table 3.2 includes about 80 line items.  But Social Security appears as a single line item, subfunction 651.

The details of Social Security can be found in Outlays table of the the Public Budget Database section of the budget and usgovernmentspending.com shows it on its Numbers page.  There you can find outlays for the two major parts of Social Security, the Old Age and Survivors Insurance program and the Disability Insurance program, when you drill down below the subfunction level.

usgovernmentspending.com has now surfaced the OASI and DI outlays up to the subfunction level by creating our own unofficial subfunctions for the Social Security program as follows:

New
sub-
function
Description
652OASI Benefits
653OASI Administration
654DI Benefits
655DI Administration
656Other

You can find the new detailed Social Security numbers on the Social Security Spending Details page here and the Social Security Details by Year page here.  You can also look at the Entitlements History page here.

Reminder: The five "subfunctions" 652 through 656 are not official US government subfunctions.

New Medicare Breakdown


On May 12, 2013 we updated usgovernmentspending.com to show details of the federal Medicare program.

Historical Table 3.2, published each year in the Historical Tables section of the Budget of the United States, is the primary source we use for showing federal outlays down to the "subfunction" level.  Table 3.2 includes about 80 line items.  But Medicare appears as a single line item, subfunction 571.

The details of Medicare can be found in the Outlays table of the the Public Budget Database section of the budget and usgovernmentspending.com shows Medicare details on its Numbers page.  There you can find outlays for the three major parts of Medicare, the Part A Hospital Insurance (HI) program, the Part B Supplemental Medical Insurance (SMI) program, and the Part D Drug benefit when you drill down below the subfunction level.

usgovernmentspending.com has now surfaced the Part A, Part B and Part D outlays up to the subfunction level by creating our own unofficial subfunctions for the Medicare program as follows:

New
sub-
function
Description
572HI (Part A) Benefits
573HI (Part A) Administration
574HI (Part A) Premiums and Collections
575SMI (Part B) Benefits
576SMI (Part B) Administration
577SMI (Part B) Premiums and Collections
581SMI Drug (Part D) Benefits
582SMI Drug (Part D) Administration
583SMI Drug(Part D) Premiums and Collections
584Other

You can find the new detailed Medicare numbers on the Medicare Spending Details page here and the Medicare Spending by Year page here.  You can also look at the Entitlements History page here.

Reminder: The ten "subfunctions" 572 through 784 are not official US government subfunctions.