Public payments (Medicare, Medicaid and other public sources) account for 46 percent of the nation’s healthcare dollar; private health insurance accounts for 35 percent.

*SCHIP is State Children’s Health Insurance Program.

**Other spending includes dental services, other professional services, home healthcare, durable medical products, over-the-counter medicines and sundries, public health activities, research and construction.

Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (2007)