Charticle: Medicare eats growing share of general revenue By Conn Carroll FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailPrint May 25, 2011 4:00 am FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailPrint Only one-half of Medicare spending comes from dedicated revenue sources. The rest comes from general revenues. As Medicare spending continues to outpace economic growth, Medicare will increasingly squeeze out all other budget items. Recommended Stories No Kings is not 'what democracy looks like' in the founders' republic'No Kings' is the dumbest protest of the Trump eraWhat will a Mayor Mamdani mean for education? TagsConn Carroll Related Content House Nick LaLota breaks with Trump over Santos commutation: ‘Three months is not enough’ House Chip Roy becomes latest Republican to defy leadership on ‘nuclear option’ to end shutdown Fairness and Justice The International Monetary Fund and World Bank are failing the big global tests Campaigns DCCC outraises NRCC in third quarter despite GOP’s massive September haul Beltway Confidential No Kings is not ‘what democracy looks like’ in the founders’ republic