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Health & Human Services — FY2019 spending

In fiscal year 2019, Health & Human Services paid out $1.21T — 27.1% of the federal government’s $4.45T in total outlays — and obligated $1.81T.

That is $3,677/person and 5.7% of GDP.

Federal accounts

The 24 largest federal accounts under Health & Human Services in FY2019. Hover an account name for its full official title. Shares are of this agency’s outlays, not of the federal total.

Health & Human Services FY2019 outlays and obligations by federal account
Federal accountOutlaysObligationsShare of agency outlays
Grants to States for Medicaid$421B$458B34.9%
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund-Treasury Managed$368B$371B30.5%
Payments to Health Care Trust Funds$341B$349B28.3%
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund - Treasury Managed$328B$331B27.2%
Medicare Prescription Drug Account$85B$88B7.1%
Taxation on OASDI Benefits, HI$24B$24B2.0%
State Children's Health Insurance Fund$18B$18B1.5%
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families$15B$17B1.3%
Children and Families Services Programs$12B$13B1.0%
Payments for Foster Care and Permanency$8.6B$8.9B0.7%
Risk Adjustment Program Payments$6.9B$7.4B0.6%
National Cancer Institute$5.8B$6.0B0.5%
Indian Health Services$5.7B$5.9B0.5%
Salaries and Expenses$5.6B$5.6B0.5%
Program Management, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$5.5B$6.0B0.5%
Primary Health Care$5.4B$5.5B0.4%
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases$5.3B$5.7B0.4%
Payments to States for Child Support Enforcement and Family Support Programs$4.1B$4.6B0.3%
Payment to States for the Child Care and Development Block Grant$3.9B$5.3B0.3%
Low Income Home Energy Assistance$3.7B$3.7B0.3%
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute$3.3B$3.5B0.3%
Child Care Entitlement to States$3.3B$3.0B0.3%
Substance Abuse Treatment$2.8B$3.8B0.2%
National Institute of General Medical Sciences$2.7B$2.8B0.2%

Notes

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