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.
That's 12 percent of all federal welfare spending and about 6 percent of the whole federal budget. Once you account for the fact that some of these program dollars go to the working poor, you end up with CBPP's estimate of 10 percent, or about 5 percent of the whole federal budget.