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Medicare benefit outlays, FY2027
What will federal Medicare benefit outlays be in fiscal year 2027, in nominal dollars?
current forecast · 80% CI$1,110B
$1,035B$1,110B$1,210B
history:FY2021: $696BFY2023: $839BFY2025e: $1,015BFY2026e: $1,065B
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- cms.medicare.benefit_outlays.fy2027
Key drivers
- Beneficiary count
- Medicare Advantage penetration
- Provider payment updates
- Part D drug spending
Resolution
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- Monthly Treasury Statement, CMS, or CBO baseline tables
- expected
- November 30, 2027
- rule
- Resolves to federal Medicare benefit outlays for FY2027, in billions of nominal dollars, using the first official Treasury, CMS, or CBO fiscal-year table that reports Medicare benefit payments.
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- cms.medicare.benefit_outlays.fy2027
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