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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 Income Tax and the Progressive Era (Routledge, 2018) excerpt. Burg, David F. A World History of Tax Rebellions: An Encyclopedia of Tax Rebels, Revolts, and Riots from Antiquity to the Present (2003) excerpt and text search; Doris, Lillian (1963). The American Way in Taxation: Internal Revenue, 1862–1963. Wm. S. Hein. ISBN 978-0-89941-877-3.

  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. 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. ... Compare plans from major carriers ...

  7. In a May 2021 RetireGuide survey, 91% of the participants didn’t know that Medicare premiums could be tax-deductible. While that’s a big number, the complicated nature of both Medicare and ...

  8. Taxation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    These include Social Security and Medicare taxes imposed on both employers and employees, at a combined rate of 15.3% (13.3% for 2011 and 2012). Social Security tax applies only to the first $132,900 of wages in 2019. [8] There is an additional Medicare tax of 0.9% on wages above $200,000. Employers must withhold income taxes on wages.

  9. History of health care reform in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This was said to be the basis of the Obama/Biden plan. The argument is based on three basic points. Firstly, public plans success at managing cost control (Medicare medical spending rose 4.6% p.a. compared 7.3% for private health insurance on a like-for-like basis in the 10 years from 1997 to 2006).