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Medicare Hospital Insurance

Program Information

Popular name

(Medicare Part A)

Program Number

93.773

Program objective

To provide hospital insurance protection for covered services to persons age 65 or above, to certain disabled persons and to individuals with chronic renal disease.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 20, Parts 401, 405 and 422; Title 42, Parts 400, 401, 405, 406, 409, 412, 417, and 418. " Medicare and You," SSA-79-10050, and other publications are available from any Social Security Office without charge.

  1. Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148).
  2. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5, Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (Public Law 111-152).

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Disabled (e.g. Deaf, Blind, Physically Disabled)
  • Individual/Family
  • Mentally Disabled
  • Pension Recipient
  • Physically Afflicted (e.g. TB, Arthritis, Heart Disease)
  • Senior Citizen (60+)

Additional resources