Putting Americans In Control of Their Health Care

Title IX. Revenue Provisions

Broadened Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) Tax Base for High-Income Taxpayers

Under current law, workers who earn a salary pay a tax on their wages to support the Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund, but those who have substantial unearned income do not, raising issues of fairness. The Act will include an additional 0.9 percentage point Hospital Insurance tax on earned income for households with incomes exceeding $200,000 for singles and $250,000 for married couples filing jointly. In addition, it would add a 3.8 percent Unearned Income Medicare Contribution for such high-income households to unearned income including interest, dividends, annuities, royalties and rents (excluding income from active participation in S corporations).

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