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Health & Human Services — FY2022 spending

In fiscal year 2022, Health & Human Services paid out $1.61T — 25.6% of the federal government’s $6.27T in total outlays — and obligated $2.45T.

That is $4,822/person and 6.4% of GDP.

Federal accounts

The 24 largest federal accounts under Health & Human Services in FY2022. Hover an account name for its full official title. Shares are of this agency’s outlays, not of the federal total.

Health & Human Services FY2022 outlays and obligations by federal account
Federal accountOutlaysObligationsShare of agency outlays
Grants to States for Medicaid$605B$660B37.7%
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund-Treasury Managed$470B$473B29.3%
Payments to Health Care Trust Funds$443B$462B27.6%
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund - Treasury Managed$392B$398B24.4%
Medicare Prescription Drug Account$118B$115B7.3%
Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund$93B$81B5.8%
Taxation on OASDI Benefits, HI$33B$33B2.0%
Payment to States for the Child Care and Development Block Grant$23B$6.2B1.4%
State Children's Health Insurance Fund$17B$19B1.0%
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families$15B$17B1.0%
Children and Families Services Programs$14B$14B0.9%
CDC-Wide Activities and Program Support$9.3B$4.7B0.6%
Payments for Foster Care and Permanency$9.2B$9.5B0.6%
Primary Health Care$9.1B$5.7B0.6%
Refugee and Entrant Assistance$7.9B$11B0.5%
Low Income Home Energy Assistance$7.2B$3.9B0.5%
Indian Health Services$7.0B$7.7B0.4%
National Cancer Institute$6.7B$7.0B0.4%
Risk Adjustment Program Payments$6.6B$8.4B0.4%
Salaries and Expenses$6.4B$6.6B0.4%
Program Management, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$6.2B$7.1B0.4%
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases$6.2B$6.7B0.4%
Payments to States for Child Support Enforcement and Family Support Programs$4.2B$4.6B0.3%
Substance Abuse Treatment$3.9B$4.0B0.2%

Notes

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