Fact Sheet Federal Entitlement Spending on Adults Is More Than Triple Total Children’s Spending
Hannah Sumiko Daly, Cary Lou, Heather Hahn
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This fact sheet highlights selected findings from Kids’ Share 2022. It shows that federal entitlement spending on adults in Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security is more than three times total federal spending on kids. While the share of the federal budget going to adult entitlement spending is projected to keep growing, children’s share of federal spending is projected to decline.
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Expertise Upward Mobility and Inequality Families Social Safety Net Taxes and the Economy Health Care Coverage, Costs, and Access Aging, Medicare, and Long-Term Care Early Childhood
Tags Child care and early education Child tax credit Economic well-being Families with low incomes Federal budget and economy US tax issues Health care spending and costs Spending on children Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program  Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Children and youth Data collection
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