Health insurance

State-reported spending

The state’s figure for Lunenburg counted Medicare and life insurance in FY2024, and in no year before.

The state’s figure against the ledger
State figure, Schedule AHealth accounts, less Medicare and lifenot from the booksWhole insurance departmentnot from the books
State figure, Schedule AHealth accounts, less Medicare and lifeWhole insurance department
FY2010$1,614,213$1,614,213$1,751,684
FY2011$1,728,021$1,728,019$1,896,544
FY2012$1,759,840$1,759,840$1,975,286
FY2013$1,834,821$1,834,821$2,047,359
FY2014$1,680,215$1,680,215$1,897,889
FY2015$1,568,744$1,568,744$1,797,805
FY2016$1,670,770$1,670,770$1,919,999
FY2017$1,805,969$1,805,969$2,060,815
FY2018$1,969,483$1,969,483$2,240,724
FY2019$2,108,353$2,108,353$2,385,536
FY2020$2,103,154$2,103,154$2,390,459
FY2021$2,080,165$2,080,165$2,382,567
FY2022$2,170,119$2,170,119$2,497,171
FY2023$2,505,400$2,505,400$2,850,203
FY2024$2,894,390$2,536,639$2,894,390
FY2025$3,038,832not publishednot published

Spending. To FY2023 the bars meet the health line; in FY2024 they meet the whole department. FY2025’s ledger actuals are part-year.

1 · The facts

  • 14 of 14

    years FY2010-FY2023 within $5 of the health accounts

  • $2,505,400

    state figure, FY2023

  • $2,894,390

    state figure, FY2024

  • $2,894,390

    whole insurance department spent, FY2024

  • $2,536,639

    FY2024, health accounts alone

  • 1.2%

    FY2024 rise on the health accounts alone (ours)

    our estimate

  • $3,038,832

    state figure, FY2025

  • —

    which accounts FY2025’s figure counts

    not published

2 · What it shows

  1. 1

    Through FY2023 the state’s figure equals the department’s spending less Medicare and life insurance.

  2. 2

    FY2024’s $2,894,390 equals the whole department, Medicare and life included.

  3. 3

    On the health accounts alone, FY2024 rose 1.2% on FY2023.

  4. 4

    The state’s figure is the town department only; the school department’s own health line is not in it.

The state’s figure against the ledger history
YearState figureHealth accountsnot from the booksWhole departmentnot from the books
FY2024$2,894,390$2,536,639$2,894,390
FY2023$2,505,400$2,505,400$2,850,203
FY2022$2,170,119$2,170,119$2,497,171
FY2021$2,080,165$2,080,165$2,382,567
FY2020$2,103,154$2,103,154$2,390,459
FY2019$2,108,353$2,108,353$2,385,536
FY2018$1,969,483$1,969,483$2,240,724
FY2017$1,805,969$1,805,969$2,060,815
FY2016$1,670,770$1,670,770$1,919,999
FY2015$1,568,744$1,568,744$1,797,805
FY2014$1,680,215$1,680,215$1,897,889
FY2013$1,834,821$1,834,821$2,047,359
FY2012$1,759,840$1,759,840$1,975,286
FY2011$1,728,021$1,728,019$1,896,544
FY2010$1,614,213$1,614,213$1,751,684

Health accounts: the insurance department’s actual spending less Medicare and life insurance, from the Finance Committee’s ledger history. FY2025 is left out: the history’s FY2025 actuals are part-year.

Sources

What changed

Version 15 — updated September 20, 2026