401(k) contributions are pre-tax for income tax purposes but they are still taxable for Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes, so no impact there. However,
Category: Medicare
Information about Medicare, how it works and how changes affect you
More abuse of Medicare – who is the real culprit?
This story relates abuse of ambulance services under Medicare. The patient smoked cigarettes in the passenger seat of the ambulance every week, chatting with the
Study: Majority of Patients Veer Outside of ACO Networks for Specialty Care
This one calls for a big I told you so. Back in 2011 I wrote about Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) and the notion that managing
Let’s get real about physician (in this case ophthalmologist) fees
Medicare controls the fees it pays. What it pays as a percentage of what is billed varies by many factors, but in many cases it
