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Health & Human Services — FY2017 spending

In fiscal year 2017, Health & Human Services paid out $1.11T — 27.8% of the federal government’s $3.98T in total outlays — and obligated $1.65T.

That is $3,401/person and 5.7% of GDP.

Federal accounts

The 24 largest federal accounts under Health & Human Services in FY2017. Hover an account name for its full official title. Shares are of this agency’s outlays, not of the federal total.

Health & Human Services FY2017 outlays and obligations by federal account
Federal accountOutlaysObligationsShare of agency outlays
Grants to States for Medicaid$388B$422B35.1%
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund-Treasury Managed$314B$315B28.4%
Payments to Health Care Trust Funds$311B$315B28.1%
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund - Treasury Managed$298B$301B26.9%
Medicare Prescription Drug Account$95B$89B8.6%
Taxation on OASDI Benefits, HI$24B$24B2.2%
State Children's Health Insurance Fund$16B$16B1.5%
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families$16B$17B1.4%
Children and Families Services Programs$11B$11B1.0%
Payments for Foster Care and Permanency$7.7B$8.4B0.7%
Program Management, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$5.9B$11B0.5%
National Cancer Institute$5.3B$5.7B0.5%
Indian Health Services$5.2B$5.4B0.5%
Primary Health Care$5.1B$5.1B0.5%
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases$5.0B$5.2B0.5%
Salaries and Expenses$5.0B$5.2B0.5%
Transitional Reinsurance Program$4.7B$4.7B0.4%
Risk Adjustment Program Payments$4.1B$3.8B0.4%
Payments to States for Child Support Enforcement and Family Support Programs$4.1B$4.5B0.4%
Low Income Home Energy Assistance$3.2B$3.4B0.3%
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute$3.1B$3.3B0.3%
Child Care Entitlement to States$2.9B$2.9B0.3%
Payment to States for the Child Care and Development Block Grant$2.8B$2.9B0.3%
National Institute of General Medical Sciences$2.6B$2.7B0.2%

Notes

Program-activity and object-class detail below these accounts is available in the interactive explorer and as JSON.