President Obama’s eighth and final budget proposal for the 2017 fiscalyear would raise health spending to $1.1 trillion, according to ananalysis by the Washington Post.

Much of that increase comes from non-discretionary programs,particularly Medicare, whose budget increases with just about everybaby boomer who retires.

However, the president is also using the budget, which isunlikely to pass the Republican-controlled Congress, as a way tohighlight ambitious health initiatives. Some of them are costly,but others are aimed at saving the government money.

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