claim: "nearly 70 percent of all federal spending will go towards social security, medicare, and medicaid" in fiscal year 2014.
author: todd young
evidence_1: earlier action will also help elected officials minimize adverse impacts on  vulnerable populations, including lower-income workers and people already  dependent on program benefits. social security and medicare together  accounted for 42 percent of federal program expenditures in fiscal year 2016.  the unified budget ...
evidence_2: "nearly 70 percent of all federal spending will go towards social security,  medicare, and medicaid" in fiscal year 2014. — politifact national on tuesday,  july 2nd, 2013. false. plan cited is silent on how to make social security solvent.  workers' voice · says u.s. senate candidate tommy thompson supports a plan  for ...
evidence_3: dec 8, 2014 ... in 2014, the national debt exceeds $145,000 per american household. almost  half of all spending paid for social security and health care entitlements ( primarily medicare, medicaid). congress should reform the entitlement programs  so that they become more affordable and benefit those with the greatest ...
evidence_4: none of the additional funds will be directed toward children. .... nearly three-  fifths of this growth will go to spending on the adult portions of social security,  medicare, and medicaid. children's programs will receive very little ... federal  spending in fiscal year 2014 (the latest year of complete federal data) and on  projections.
evidence_5: oct 4, 2017 ... in fiscal year 2016, the federal government spent $3.9 trillion, amounting to 21  percent of the nation's gross domestic product (gdp). of that $3.9 ... the federal  government collects taxes to finance various public services. ... most of budget  goes toward defense, social security, and major health programs.