Figure 3

SMI Accounts For 45 Percent of the 10-year deficit

Projected Federal and Medicare Deficit, in billions

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Sources: 2025 Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds ; The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2025 to 2035 (Congressional Budget Office, January 17,2025)