*This is an archive page. The links are no longer being updated. 1992.09.14 : Medicare Statistics Contact: Bob Hardy (202) 690-6145 September 14, 1992 Spending on the federal Medicare program increased from $109.7 billion in FY 1990 to $117.8 billion in 1991, a growth rate of 7.4 percent, according to William Toby Jr., acting administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration. The number of Medicare beneficiaries totaled 34.9 million in FY 1991, an increase of 1.9 percent from the 34.2 million beneficiaries in 1990. The volume of claims submitted to Medicare by health care providers increased nearly 11 percent in FY 1991 to reach almost 600 million. This is approximately 59 million more than the number of bills submitted to Medicare in FY 1990. The Health Care Financing Administration administers the Medicare program for the elderly and disabled and provides matching funds for the state-administered Medicaid programs for the poor. The programs in 1992 are serving more than 60 million Americans. HCFA's estimated 1992 expenditures of $204 billion are the 12th largest government budget of any kind in the world. (Note: See attached table for state-by-state data on Medicare benefit payments and enrollees in FY 1990 and 1991.) ### MEDICARE BENEFIT PAYMENTS MEDICARE ENROLLEES ($ in millions) (As of) FY 1990 FY 1991 July, 1990 July, 1991 Alabama $1,830 $2,043 582,062 593,107 Alaska 88 90 24,958 26,516 Arizona 1,542 1,648 498,116 517,186 Arkansas 1,110 1,209 390,738 397,233 California 11,583 11,401 3,279,233 3,351,755 Colorado 913 1,002 357,826 369,493 Connecticut 1,489 1,610 468,975 475,926 Delaware 278 303 88,278 90,588 D.C. 394 366 77,866 77,882 Florida 7,554 8,089 2,339,154 2,402,039 Georgia 2,318 2,488 731,969 749,919 Hawaii 258 282 126,934 131,091 Idaho 318 331 132,110 135,407 Illinois 4,704 5,321 1,533,653 1,553,086 Indiana 2,219 2,394 761,946 774,887 Iowa 1,165 1,244 456,800 460,901 Kansas 1,025 1,122 363,496 367,885 Kentucky 1,562 1,733 533,604 542,794 Louisiana 1,958 2,196 531,018 540,501 Maine 493 500 182,941 186,059 Maryland 2,148 2,236 541,481 553,623 Massachusetts 3,107 3,287 866,869 879,175 Michigan 4,552 4,619 1,232,672 1,256,925 Minnesota 1,296 1,454 588,204 596,834 Mississippi 1,083 1,110 365,704 371,052 Missouri 2,358 2,596 781,126 791,893 Montana 312 332 117,381 120,054 Nebraska 545 610 237,334 239,894 Nevada 431 457 140,948 150,622 New Hampshire 340 385 137,215 140,798 New Jersey 3,433 3,682 1,092,067 1,108,627 New Mexico 468 489 179,433 185,533 New York 9,487 9,949 2,508,901 2,529,403 North Carolina 2,296 2,507 892,183 917,034 North Dakota 254 282 98,396 99,661 Ohio 4,775 5,732 1,543,122 1,571,301 Oklahoma 1,327 1,431 451,115 458,312 Oregon 984 995 423,578 433,577 Pennsylvania 7,296 7,549 1,955,931 1,984,781 Rhode Island 482 505 158,843 160,637 South Carolina 1,113 1,165 441,923 454,216 South Dakota 268 282 110,159 111,493 Tennessee 2,202 2,314 691,803 706,476 Texas 5,941 6,307 1,823,921 1,872,659 Utah 423 420 159,793 165,520 Vermont 185 192 74,552 75,789 Virginia 2,112 2,251 721,796 740,511 Washington 1,626 1,755 615,148 629,630 West Virginia 833 913 307,766 312,299 Wisconsin 1,985 2,002 713,581 722,976 Wyoming 153 152 51,847 53,427 Guam 2 2 890 888 Puerto Rico 501 556 429,054 436,620 Virgin Islands 9 9 7,343 7,639 Other Areas 0 0 261 255 Residence Unknown 12 17 11,658 13,977 Foreign 35 27 267,708 271,874 TOTAL $107,173 $113,942 34,203,383 34,870,240