2009
• Out of pocket: 12 percent
• Medicaid: 15 percent
• Medicare: 19.9 percent
• Private health insurance: 33.2 percent
• Total spending on all types of services: $2,505.8 (U.S. billions)
2013
• Out of pocket: 11.6 percent
• Medicaid: 15.4 percent
• Medicare: 20.1 percent
• Private health insurance: 32.9 percent
• Total spending on all types of services: $2,919.1 (U.S. billions)
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