The president’s budget, which will be released Thursday, proposes raising Medicare taxes from 3.8% to 5% on annual income above $400,000, and eliminating a loophole business owners and higher-earners can exploit to avoid additional taxes, according to a White House fact sheet.
Biden’s plan would also help bolster Medicare reserves through some $200 billion in prescription drug reforms over the next decade by allowing the insurance program to negotiate costs on more medications and sooner after they come to market.
Bloomberg.com 3-7-23
The thing is Part D of Medicare is not funded by the Medicare Trust (reserves) but by general revenue, premiums and some state payments.
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In fact, only Part A is funded by the Trust Fund
By the way, the net investment income tax, also known as the “unearned income Medicare contribution surtax,” is an additional 3.8% tax applied to net investment income as of 2021.
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The POTUS doesn’t know anything that’s in the big tax and spend proposal he’s making. He just reads the announcement he is given.
I get a laugh at the idea thr tax increase is only on the “wealthy” and that is those above 400k. That used to be wealth but no longer. Wealth is not a 400k annual income.
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The rules are ridiculously complex, and one result is that only a small minority of us who are not CPAs or lawyers understand them. Another result is many of our leaders, including the POTUS don’t understand them either.
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