Fact Based List:

KFF: Medicare as a share of the federal budget for 2015

  1. Medicare - 15%
  2. Medicaid - 9%
  3. Social Security - 24%
  4. Defense - 16%
  5. Net interest - 6%
  6. Nondefense discretionary - 16%
  7. Other - 14%

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
Source URL: http://kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/the-facts-on-medicare-sp...