See also: L'Argent (disambiguation) Stephen Michael Largent (born September 28, 1954) is a retired American football player, enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and a former Republican politician, having served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Oklahoma, from 1994 until 2002.
Medicareâs share of the federal budget is projected to increase from 14.3% in 2015 to 15.2% in 2024, while Medicare spending as a share of GDP is projected to increase from 3.0% in 2015 to 3.3% in 2024 (Figure 4) . Figure 4: Actual and Projected Net Medicare Spending, 2010-2014.
According to the Congressional Research Service, 47 percent of the total budget was discretionary spending in 1962, and it remained the largest portion of federal spending into the 1970's. Since then, mandatory spending has increased at a much faster rate than discretionary spending.