Status of the Social Security and Medicare Programs

A SUMMARY OF THE 2008 ANNUAL REPORTS
Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees

The following table presents the plot points for the data in Chart B--Social Security and Medicare Cost (as a percentage of GDP) on a calendar year basis for the historical period (1970-2007) and the projection period (2008-2082), under the intermediate set of assumpĀ­tions.