FIGURE 11-4 Who Paid for U.S. Health Care in 2014?
imageIn the United States in 2014, insurance paid for 77% of health care consumption costs: the sum of 34% (private insurance), 22% (Medicare), 17% (Medicaid), and 4% (other public). The percentage paid for by private insurance, 34%, was a uniquely high number among advanced countries. Even so, substantially more U.S. health care was paid for by Medicare, Medicaid, and other government programs than by other means.
Data from: Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.