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Health & Human Services — FY2018 spending

In fiscal year 2018, Health & Human Services paid out $1.11T — 26.9% of the federal government’s $4.11T in total outlays — and obligated $1.68T.

That is $3,382/person and 5.4% of GDP.

Federal accounts

The 24 largest federal accounts under Health & Human Services in FY2018. Hover an account name for its full official title. Shares are of this agency’s outlays, not of the federal total.

Health & Human Services FY2018 outlays and obligations by federal account
Federal accountOutlaysObligationsShare of agency outlays
Grants to States for Medicaid$405B$441B36.7%
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund-Treasury Managed$326B$327B29.5%
Payments to Health Care Trust Funds$324B$321B29.3%
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund - Treasury Managed$301B$303B27.3%
Medicare Prescription Drug Account$82B$82B7.5%
Taxation on OASDI Benefits, HI$24B$24B2.2%
State Children's Health Insurance Fund$17B$17B1.6%
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families$16B$17B1.5%
Children and Families Services Programs$11B$12B1.0%
Payments for Foster Care and Permanency$8.6B$8.2B0.8%
Program Management, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$5.5B$6.0B0.5%
National Cancer Institute$5.4B$6.0B0.5%
Indian Health Services$5.4B$5.7B0.5%
Primary Health Care$5.3B$5.4B0.5%
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases$5.2B$5.3B0.5%
Salaries and Expenses$5.0B$5.4B0.5%
Payments to States for Child Support Enforcement and Family Support Programs$4.2B$4.4B0.4%
Payment to States for the Child Care and Development Block Grant$3.5B$5.2B0.3%
Low Income Home Energy Assistance$3.4B$3.6B0.3%
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute$3.3B$3.4B0.3%
Risk Adjustment Program Payments$2.6B$3.9B0.2%
National Institute of General Medical Sciences$2.6B$2.8B0.2%
Substance Abuse Treatment$2.5B$3.8B0.2%
Child Care Entitlement to States$2.4B$3.0B0.2%

Notes

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