Fact Based List:

Medicare Sources of Income as a Percentage of Total Income, 2009

  1. Payroll taxes - 39.1%
  2. Tax on benefits - 2.5%
  3. Premiums - 13.4%
  4. State transfers - 1.5%
  5. General revenue - 43.5%

Source: 2010 Annual Report of The Boards of Trustees,The Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds
Source URL: http://www.cms.gov/ReportsTrustFunds/downloads/tr2010.pdf