Social Insurance and Public Assistance

746 Series Bf246–254 Bf SOCIAL INSURANCE AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
TABLE Bf246–254 Public expenditures on social welfare – veterans’ programs: 1929–1995 Continued
Health and medical programs
Medical and
Pensions and Hospital and Hospital prosthetic Welfare and
Total compensation Total medical care construction research Education Life insurance other
Bf246 Bf247 Bf248 Bf249 Bf250 Bf251 Bf252 Bf253 Bf254
Year Million dollars Million dollars Million dollars Million dollars Million dollars Million dollars Million dollars Million dollars Million dollars
1955 4,833.5 2,689.7 761.1 721.5 34.1 5.6 706.1 490.2 186.5
1956 5,061.2 2,805.4 759.9 725.2 28.2 6.5 809.5 476.2 210.2
1957 5,118.8 2,886.4 786.9 738.4 38.1 10.4 816.2 476.9 152.5
1958 5,426.7 3,126.7 843.8 799.3 34.5 10.0 736.9 490.0 229.3
1959 5,472.3 3,303.9 904.5 844.4 47.3 12.8 608.7 485.6 169.6
1960 5,479.2 3,402.7 954.0 879.4 59.6 15.1 409.6 494.1 218.8
1961 5,623.7 3,664.8 1,019.9 947.4 54.0 18.4 257.6 492.7 188.9
1962 5,654.1 3,749.1 1,041.3 962.0 52.5 26.8 157.2 499.5 207.1
1963 5,751.2 3,912.6 1,112.7 1,013.0 69.8 29.9 100.8 489.4 135.7
1964 5,861.5 4,001.7 1,172.8 1,063.0 76.7 33.2 69.6 471.6 145.7
1965 6,031.1 4,141.4 1,228.7 1,114.8 77.0 36.9 1 40.9 434.3 185.8
1966 6,358.3 4,409.3 1,285.1 1,160.9 83.5 40.7 34.4 442.1 187.4
1967 6,898.3 4,499.4 1,358.8 1,251.7 60.0 47.1 296.9 548.4 194.8
1968 7,246.7 4,644.1 1,438.7 1,342.5 49.9 46.3 465.7 503.8 194.4
1969 7,933.6 4,987.0 1,530.9 1,430.8 47.9 52.2 679.4 492.9 243.4
1970 9,078.1 5,393.8 1,784.1 1,651.4 70.9 61.8 1,018.5 502.3 379.4
1971 10,455.0 1 5,877.5 2,026.0 1 1,873.0 85.1 67.9 1,622.4 526.6 402.5
1972 11,522.3 6,209.3 2,431.4 2,255.6 109.8 66.0 1,924.6 523.7 433.3
1973 13,026.4 6,605.8 2,766.1 2,587.3 104.8 74.0 2,647.9 532.2 474.4
1974 14,112.4 6,777.4 2,983.5 2,786.6 118.9 78.0 3,206.9 538.5 606.2
1975 17,018.9 7,578.5 3,516.8 3,287.1 136.7 93.0 4,433.8 556.1 933.7
1976 18,958.0 8,279.7 4,060.9 3,754.7 212.2 94.0 5,350.6 564.3 702.5
1977 19,014.3 9,081.9 4,670.6 4,321.2 245.4 104.0 3,925.5 607.2 729.1
1978 19,744.0 9,676.5 5,237.5 4,855.6 269.9 112.0 3,405.6 614.3 810.1
1979 20,601.6 10,578.2 5,700.9 5,307.9 276.0 117.0 2,794.1 638.2 890.2
1980 21,465.5 11,306.0 6,203.9 5,749.9 323.0 131.0 2,400.7 664.5 890.4
1981 23,440.9 12,453.6 6,999.6 6,429.3 435.0 135.3 2,335.6 709.0 943.1
1982 24,708.1 13,301.6 7,825.8 7,210.2 480.3 135.3 1,816.3 747.0 1,017.4
1983 25,801.9 13,894.9 8,387.7 7,762.6 473.5 151.6 1,707.5 744.0 1,067.8
1984 26,274.9 14,050.5 8,935.9 8,179.9 565.7 190.3 1,402.0 719.0 1,167.5
1985 27,041.7 1 14,333.0 9,492.6 1 8,808.0 458.0 226.6 1,170.8 795.5 1,249.8
1986 27,444.9 14,493.2 9,923.1 9,119.8 617.1 186.2 866.8 893.0 1,268.8
1987 28,050.8 14,522.1 10,503.0 9,521.7 771.8 209.5 742.2 937.9 1,345.6
1988 29,663.4 14,913.9 11,331.0 10,151.5 964.1 215.3 653.0 963.1 1,802.4
1989 30,103.7 15,279.2 11,662.9 10,782.3 645.8 234.7 647.3 1,002.2 1,512.1
1990 30,916.2 15,792.6 12,004.1 11,321.4 445.0 237.7 522.8 1,037.8 1,558.9
1991 32,857.3 16,284.3 13,221.5 12,189.6 776.4 255.5 569.5 1,039.3 1,742.7
1992 35,642.0 16,539.3 15,442.0 13,451.8 844.9 270.4 772.0 1,113.7 1,775.0
1993 36,378.3 17,205.2 15,410.5 14,382.5 749.6 278.6 937.7 904.7 1,920.2
1994 37,984.8 17,481.0 16,231.4 15,089.5 778.8 292.3 1,098.3 971.5 2,112.6
1995 39,072.0 18,070.4 16,654.4 15,714.0 581.9 289.1 1,118.2 946.3 2,282.7
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. 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
The estimates for veterans programs were obtained from the Annual Report of
Veterans Administration, supplemented by unpublished data.
Series Bf246. The sum of series Bf247–248 and Bf252–254.
Series Bf247 and Bf252. Series Bf247 includes burial awards and, beginning
in 1965, subsistence payments to disabled veterans undergoing training and
special allowances for survivors of veterans who did not qualify under Old-
Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance. Beginning in 1973–1974,
subsistence payments to disabled veterans undergoing training shifted from
the pensions and compensation to the education series.
Series Bf248. The sum of series Bf249–251.
Series Bf253. Excludes the service persons’ group life insurance program.
Series Bf254. The most unusual increase in the series came when Congress
voted to pay a “veterans’ bonus” in 1936 over Franklin Roosevelt’s veto. The
bonus provided for the immediate payment to veterans of World War I of
their adjusted compensation certificates, which were supposed to come due
in 1945.