THE MOST EXPENSIVE GOVERNMENT AGENCY IS THE CENTER FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES–THE STRONG ARM FOR OBAMASCARE AND THE LYNDON B JOHNSON SOCIALIST AGENDA OF 1965 BOTH BROUGHT TO US BY DEMOCRATS–THE AGENCY HAS SPENT $1.1TRILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2013–CONSIDER THAT THE MILITARY BUDGET IS A MEER $600 BILLION–LOOKS LIKE NO SEQUESTRATION FOR THIS AGENCY UNDER THE POTUS OBAMA AFTER $1.1 TRILLION SPENT ALMOST 50% OF THE TAKE IN TAXES OF $2.5 TRILLION FROM THE CITIZENS OF THE USA –CAN YOU SAY BIG FAT DEFICIT YA’LL DEMOCRATS BIG SPENDERS

In 1965, the entire federal government spent $118,228,000,000 in 1965 dollars, according to the Office of Management and Budget. That converts to $878,824,380,000 in 2013 dollars, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator.

In 2010, CMS became the first federal agency to spend more than a trillion dollars, when it spent $1,035,783,000,000. In 2011, CMS spent $1,095,406,000,000; in 2012, it spent $1,052,799,000,000; and, in 2013, it spent a record $1,113,178,000,000.

“CMS outlays more benefits than any other Federal agency,” says the fiscal 2014 budget justification that CMS has sent to the congressional appropriations committees.

“CMS remains the largest purchaser of health care in the United States,” it says. “Our programs combined currently pay almost one-third of the Nation’s health expenditures.”

“With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act provisions, CMS has the opportunity to provide affordable health care to millions of additional Americans,” says the budget justification.

In fiscal 2013, according to the Monthly Treasury Statement, the Department of Defense spent $607.801 billion, and total “national defense” spending by all federal agencies was $635.211 billion.

At $635.211 billion, federal spending on national defense in fiscal 2013 equaled only 57 percent of the money spent by CMS.

Major elements of CMS's spending in fiscal 2013 included $265.392 billion for Grants to States for Medicaid, $242.406 billion for Payments to Health Care Trust Funds, $269.113 billion in benefit payments from the Federal Hospital Insurance Fund, $245.763 in benefit payments from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, and $61.606 billion in benefit payments for the Medicare Prescription Drug program.

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