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  2. Medicare (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Medicare amendment (July 30, 1965). Former president Harry S. Truman (seated) and his wife, Bess, are on the far right.. Originally, the name "Medicare" in the United States referred to a program providing medical care for families of people serving in the military as part of the Dependents' Medical Care Act, which was passed in 1956. [7]

  3. Federal Insurance Contributions Act - Wikipedia

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    The employer is also liable for 6.2% Social Security and 1.45% Medicare taxes, [10] making the total Social Security tax 12.4% of wages and the total Medicare tax 2.9%. (Self-employed people are responsible for the entire FICA percentage of 15.3% (= 12.4% + 2.9%), since they are in a sense both the employer and the employed; see the section on ...

  4. History of taxation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Civil War Income Tax and the Republican Party, 1861–1872. (New York: Algora Publishing, 2010) excerpt; Stabile, Donald. The Origins of American Public Finance: Debates over Money, Debt, and Taxes in the Constitutional Era, 1776–1836 (1998) excerpt and text search; Thorndike, Joseph J. Their Fair Share: Taxing the Rich in the Age of FDR.

  5. What Is the Medicare Tax Rate? - AOL

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    What Is the 0.9% Medicare Tax? Under the Affordable Care Act in 2013, an additional tax for taxpayers in the higher federal tax brackets was added to fund Medicare. The additional Medicare tax ...

  6. Medicare: What are 40 quarters of work? - AOL

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    Medicare tax funds Medicare Part A insurance when a person becomes eligible at age 65 years or sooner due to a disability. Currently, the Medicare tax rate is 2.9%. Employers pay 1.45%, and ...

  7. What is Medicare tax and who pays it? Experts explain - AOL

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  8. Tax withholding in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Medicare tax of 1.45% is withheld from wages, with no maximum. [12] (This brings the total federal payroll tax withholding to 7.65%.) Employers are required to pay an additional equal amount of Medicare taxes, and a 6.2% rate of Social Security taxes. [13] Many states also impose additional taxes that are withheld from wages.

  9. What is the additional Medicare tax? - AOL

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    The total Medicare tax payment would be 1.45% or $3,625 on the $250,000, plus 2.35% or $1,880 on the $80,000, totaling $5,505 in Medicare taxes for the year. Read about Medicare.