Table 1
Old-age entitlement and means-tested welfare consumption
Sources: 2024 Survey of Income Program Participation; American Community Survey; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Social Security Administration; Department of Agriculture; Department of Health and Human Services.
Notes: Old-age
entitlements include Social Security and Medicare. Means-tested welfare
includes Medicaid; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Supplemental Security Income; Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families; Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
Infants, and Children; and the Earned Income Tax Credit.