Spending · subcategory
Hospital and medical care for veterans
The Veterans Health Administration, including community care. Part of Veterans benefits & services. FY2025 net outlays: $149B, 39% of the category and 2.12% of all federal spending. The largest program is VA medical services ($73.9B).
$149B
FY2025 net outlays
39%
of Veterans benefits & services
+7.4%
change from FY2024 ($139B)
13
programs (accounts) with FY2025 spending
Every program
13 accounts with FY2025 spending in Hospital and medical care for veterans, largest first. Hover or tap a bar for details.
Mandatory (set by standing law)Discretionary (set by yearly appropriations)
How the total adds up
| Programs (the 13 accounts above) | $153B |
| Offsets: premiums, fees, loan repayments, and other collections (11 accounts) | −$4.47B |
| Net outlays, matching OMB Historical Table 3.2 | $149B |
The largest offsets
| Third Party Collections, MCCF Department of Veterans Affairs | −$2.78B |
| Fee Basis 3rd Party MCCF Department of Veterans Affairs | −$993M |
| Pharmaceutical Co-payments, MCCF Department of Veterans Affairs | −$343M |
| Medical Care Collections Fund, Third Party Prescription Claims Department of Veterans Affairs | −$172M |
| First Party Collections, MCCF Department of Veterans Affairs | −$115M |
| Compensated Work Therapy, MCCF Department of Veterans Affairs | −$46M |
| Fee Basis First Party Collections, Medical Care Collections Fund Department of Veterans Affairs | −$8M |
| Parking Fees, MCCF Department of Veterans Affairs | −$5M |
| Payments from Compensation and Pension, MCCF Department of Veterans Affairs | −$2M |
| Enhanced-use Lease Proceeds, MCCF Department of Veterans Affairs | −$1M |
| MCCF, Long-term Care Copayments Department of Veterans Affairs | −$1M |
All programs, sortable
Sparklines show each program in 2025 dollars, FY2000–2025.
| Program | Type | FY2024 | FY2025 | Change | FY2000–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA medical services Veterans Health Administration | Discretionary | $70.5B | $73.9B | +4.9% | |
| Toxic Exposures Fund (PACT Act) Departmental Administration | Mandatory | $16.3B | $31.2B | +92% | |
| VA community care Veterans Health Administration | Discretionary | $31.4B | $23.0B | −27% | |
| Medical Support and Compliance Veterans Health Administration | Discretionary | $10.4B | $11.3B | +9.3% | |
| Medical Facilities Veterans Health Administration | Discretionary | $8.89B | $8.98B | +1.1% | |
| Veterans Electronic Health Care Record Departmental Administration | Discretionary | $1.28B | $1.39B | +8.4% | |
| Medical and Prosthetic Research Veterans Health Administration | Discretionary | $950M | $909M | −4.3% | |
| Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund Veterans Health Administration | Discretionary | $680M | $750M | +10% | |
| Construction, Minor Projects Departmental Administration | Discretionary | $462M | $586M | +27% | |
| Construction, Major Projects Departmental Administration | Discretionary | $422M | $541M | +28% | |
| Grants for Construction of State Extended Care Facilities Departmental Administration | Discretionary | $254M | $302M | +19% | |
| Veterans Medical Care and Health Fund Veterans Health Administration | Mandatory | $1.04B | $271M | −74% | |
| DOD-VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund Veterans Health Administration | Discretionary | $29M | $21M | −28% |
Hospital and medical care for veterans since 1993
Net outlays in 2025 dollars, fiscal years 1993–2025.