percentage of americans with medicare
There are over 41 million African Americans, in the United States, accounting for approximately 13 percent of the total population. Over five million Medicare beneficiaries are African American, 10 percent of all beneficiaries. African Americans on Medicare are significantly less well off than non-Hispanic Whites. In 2014, half of all people with Medicare lived on incomes of $24,150 or less per year and had savings of less than $63,350.