A Closer Look at Mandatory Spending

the REVENUES, $2.3T SPENDING, $3.6T U.S. Mandatory Discretionary $1.3T Net Interest FEDERAL $2.0T $0.2T BUDGET A Closer Look at Mandatory Spending Primarily benefit programs for which lawmakers set eligibility rules and benefit formulas Mandatory Spending at a Glance 10.1 Percent 13.6 Percent $856 Billion Trillion Mandatory spending by the federal government in 2011 Spending in 2011 on health care programs, Mandatory spending Mandatory spending as a share of GDP as a share of GDP in 1991 in 2011 the largest component of mandatory spending Mandatory Spending in 1991 and 2011]. Percentage of gross domestic product Change (Percentage points) 1991 2011 -2 6 Health Care 2.9 Medicare 1.8 Medicaid 1.0 Other 0.2 Social Security 0.3 Old-Age and Survivors Insurance -0.1 Disability Insurance 0.4 Income Security 1.2 Unemployment Compensation 0.4 Earned Income and Child Tax Credits 0.4 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 0.2 Supplemental Security Income 0.1 Other 0.1 Federal Civilian and Military Retirement -0.1 Civilian -0.1 Military -0.0 Other -0.0 Veterans 0.2 Income Security 0.1 Other 0.1 Other Programs -1.5 Offsetting Receipts 0.5 -2 BREAKDOWN of Mandatory Spending in 2011 Billions of dollars Health Care $856B Medicare $560 Medicaid $275 Other $21 Social Security $725B Old-Age and Survivors Insurance $596 Disability Insurance $129 Income Security $404B Other $77 Unemployment Compensation $119 Child Tax Credits $78 Supplemental Nutrition Security Income $53 Earned Income and - Supplemental Assistance Program $77 Federal Civilian and Military Retirement $144B Civilian Military Other $83 $55 $6 Veterans $71B Other $12 Income Security $59 Other Programs $20B Funds collected by government agencies from other government accounts or from the public that are credited as Offsetting Receipts |-$193B an offset to gross spending. Includes Medicare premiums, intragovernmental payments for federal employees' retirement, and receipts related to natural resources (such as those from oil and gas exploration and development). -200 200 400 600 800 1,000 Prepared by: Jonathan Schwabish and Courtney Griffith All data are for federal fiscal years, Contact: Projections Unit, Budget Analysis Division Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 2012 For more details, see CBO's Budget and Economic Outlook, January 2012: http://go.usa.gov/nPi and CBO's Updated Budget Projections, March 2012: http://go.usa.gov/mgN which run from October 1 to September 30. Numbers may not add up to totals because of rounding. Net Interest not included.