Personal income: Personal current transfer receipts: Government social benefits to persons: Medicare (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Personal income and its disposition
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to national-accounts data for the United States published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the item "Personal income: Personal current transfer receipts: Government social benefits to persons: Medicare" was 1,331,955 USD million (annual rate) in May 2026, compared to 1,321,704 in the previous month. This constitutes a rise of 0.78 percent.
Sample. In the monthly series shown in the chart, there are 719 observations in total. The period covered by the series stretches from July 1966 to May 2026.
History. Take a look at some simple statistics calculated on the full sample: this national-accounts item hit a trough of 60 USD million in July 1966; it reached its maximum of 1,331,955 in May 2026; it had a mean value of 313,182.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollar million |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 1311390.0 |
| 2026-04-30 | 1321704.0 |
| 2026-05-31 | 1331955.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Personal income: Personal current transfer receipts: Government social benefits to persons: Medicare |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Nominal aggregate |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Deflation method | Current prices |
| Rescaling | Annual rate |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | US dollar million |
| Source | Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) |
| Source type | National statistical agency |
| Data licence | Open data |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | SM1 |
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Top-level items
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal income (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Personal current taxes (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Disposable personal income (personal income less personal current taxes) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Personal outlays (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Personal saving (disposable personal income less personal outlays) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
Personal income detail
Personal outlays detail
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal outlays: Personal consumption expenditures (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Personal outlays: Personal interest payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To government (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To the rest of the world (net) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |