Social Insurance and Public Assistance

740 Series Bf212–224 Bf SOCIAL INSURANCE AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
TABLE Bf212–224 Public expenditures on social welfare – social insurance: 1929–1995 Continued
Old-Age, Survivors, Disability, and State temporary disability
Health Insurance (OASDHI) insurance Workers’ compensation
Old-Age, Unemployment Railroad
Survivors, and Health Public insurance and Railroad temporary On hospital On hospital
Disability Insurance Railroad employee employment unemployment disability and medical and medical
Total Total Insurance (Medicare) Retirement retirement services insurance insurance Total benefits Total benefits
Bf212 Bf213 Bf214 Bf215 Bf216 Bf217 Bf218 Bf219 Bf220 Bf221 Bf222 Bf223 Bf224
Year Million dollars Million dollars Million dollars Million dollars Million dollars Million dollars Million dollars Million dollars Million dollars Million dollars Million dollars Million dollars Million dollars
1970 54,691.2 36,835.4 29,686.2 7,149.2 1,609.9 8,658.7 3,819.5 38.5 61.1 717.7 62.6 2,950.4 985.0
1971 66,368.8 43,122.8 35,247.8 7,875.0 1,928.9 10,226.1 6,665.3 49.6 53.0 773.1 68.4 3,550.0 1,090.0
1972 74,809.4 48,229.1 39,409.9 8,819.2 2,141.2 11,920.4 7,651.0 86.0 42.1 783.7 68.3 3,955.9 1,185.0
1973 86,165.6 57,766.6 48,287.8 9,478.8 2,477.5 14,010.8 6,065.9 45.2 34.9 848.2 69.8 4,916.5 1,355.0
1974 99,001.4 66,286.6 54,939.1 11,347.5 2,692.6 16,677.5 6,661.5 25.6 31.5 915.4 70.7 5,710.7 1,610.0
1975 123,013.1 78,429.9 63,648.5 14,781.4 3,085.1 20,118.6 13,835.9 41.6 32.9 990.0 72.9 6,479.1 2,470.0
1976 145,703.4 90,440.7 72,663.3 17,777.4 3,499.6 23,441.4 19,585.2 148.2 78.6 1,022.4 75.5 7,487.3 2,205.0
1977 160,883.3 1 105,410.1 83,861.3 21,548.8 3,818.6 26,495.9 15,448.8 107.3 81.8 1,042.2 75.7 8,478.6 1 2,530.0
1978 175,089.6 117,431.9 92,242.7 25,189.2 4,019.8 29,935.8 12,598.4 134.0 73.4 1,124.6 77.7 9,771.7 2,830.5
1979 194,287.5 131,719.4 102,595.8 29,123.6 4,310.6 33,929.8 11,313.1 86.9 65.6 1,232.2 75.9 11,629.9 3,250.0
1980 229,754.4 152,110.4 117,118.9 34,991.5 4,768.7 39,490.2 18,326.4 155.4 68.7 1,377.4 49.6 13,457.2 3,725.0
1981 267,394.8 180,425.0 137,970.2 42,454.8 5,323.4 45,743.7 19,022.3 208.1 60.9 1,596.9 50.3 15,014.5 4,165.0
1982 302,614.8 1 204,567.8 154,144.3 50,423.5 5,766.4 50,464.2 23,256.5 298.8 62.2 1,695.7 52.5 16,503.2 4,640.0
1983 331,161.2 224,709.2 167,778.9 56,930.3 6,081.5 54,937.5 25,349.7 386.6 61.3 1,766.9 55.7 17,868.5 5,082.0
1984 341,120.2 238,254.0 175,773.2 62,480.8 6,143.8 58,887.8 16,103.5 183.3 46.7 1,817.7 56.0 19,683.4 6,010.0
1985 369,595.2 257,535.1 186,150.8 71,384.3 6,275.6 63,044.0 18,343.8 138.4 50.6 1,944.1 55.3 22,263.6 7,080.0
1986 390,770.1 271,980.0 196,077.4 75,902.6 6,354.5 66,910.8 18,549.6 140.2 57.8 2,067.3 54.7 24,709.9 8,365.9
1987 412,873.9 286,339.7 204,708.4 81,631.3 6,549.1 72,151.7 18,045.7 124.1 64.9 2,545.4 56.4 27,053.3 9,618.3
1988 434,051.3 300,048.2 216,438.7 83,609.5 6,675.9 78,051.3 16,117.8 82.1 18.3 2,753.6 62.4 30,303.8 11,110.3
1989 468,051.7 324,109.5 229,557.5 94,552.0 6,971.2 83,799.9 16,381.3 64.4 35.0 2,886.3 67.3 33,804.1 12,825.0
1990 513,821.8 1 355,264.5 245,555.5 109,709.0 7,229.9 90,391.2 19,973.7 64.6 40.3 3,224.2 62.5 37,633.4 14,305.5
1991 561,175.2 382,289.8 265,638.8 116,651.0 7,531.8 97,271.3 28,405.3 71.0 23.4 3,879.2 65.8 41,703.4 16,009.5
1992 618,938.8 416,564.0 284,317.7 132,246.3 7,737.1 103,699.4 41,166.0 67.4 27.5 4,009.4 69.7 45,668.0 17,914.2
1993 659,209.9 449,276.8 301,183.3 148,093.5 7,920.6 112,559.5 40,720.8 60.3 25.9 3,316.0 53.7 45,330.0 17,712.3
1994 683,778.7 477,339.7 315,947.0 161,392.7 8,025.2 119,253.1 31,251.1 53.5 29.3 3,200.8 52.1 44,626.0 16,200.0
1995 705,483.3 495,355.8 331,642.3 164,713.2 8,106.2 128,001.8 26,302.0 48.4 30.0 3,189.1 43.2 43,450.0 16,700.0
1 Revised figure. See text for Table Bf188–195.
Sources
Data for 1929–1989, U.S. Social Security Administration, Social Welfare Expenditures under Public Programs
in the United States, 1929–90 (July 1995); Ann Kallman Bixby, “Public Social Welfare Expenditures, Fiscal
Year 1992,” Social Security Bulletin 58 (2) (1995): 65–73. Data for 1990–1995 are from Ann Kallman
Bixby, “Public Social Welfare Expenditures, Fiscal Year 1994,” Social Security Bulletin 60 (3) (1997): 42;
and Ann Kallman Bixby, “Public Social Welfare Expenditures, Fiscal Year 1995,” Social Security Bulletin 62
(2) (1999): 88, 94. Most of the series in this table are annually updated in the Social Security Bulletin: Annual
Statistical Supplement,Table 3.A3. See the text for Table Bf188–195 for further discussion of the sources.
Documentation
More information on social insurance programs is available in Tables Bf271–348, Bf377–496, Bf511–
567, and Bf735–761.
Social insurance programs involve situations where workers and/or employers pay taxes or premiums
into funds and are then insured against the specific risk covered by that program. For example, in
the Social Security program, workers and employers pay taxes and then are covered so that they receive
benefits when they reach retirement age or become disabled. Other programs insure workers against
the risk of unemployment, temporary disability, workplace accidents or diseases, and requirements for
medical care in old age.
Series Bf213. The sum of series Bf214–215.
Series Bf215, Health Insurance (Medicare). Includes Hospital Insurance and Supplementary Medical
Insurance.
Series Bf216, Railroad Retirement. Excludes the financial interchange between Old-Age, Survivors,
and Disability Insurance and the Railroad Retirement system.
Series Bf217, Public Employee Retirement. Includes the military retirement system. Excludes refunds
of employee contributions, while administrative expenses are not available for some programs.
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