Social Security and Medicare Taxes and Premiums: Fact Sheet Metadata
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Title
- Main Title Social Security and Medicare Taxes and Premiums: Fact Sheet
Creator
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Author: Nuschler, DawnCreator Type: PersonalCreator Info: Domestic Social Policy Division
Publisher
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Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.Place of Publication: Washington D.C.
Date
- Creation: 2004-01-13
Language
- English
Description
- Content Description: Financing for social security -- Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance -- and the Hospital Insurance part of Medicare is provided primarily by taxes levied on wages and net self-employment income. Financing for the Supplementary Medical Insurance portion of Medicare is provided by premiums from enrollees and payments from the government. This report describes these taxes and premiums.
- Physical Description: 2 pages.
Subject
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Social security
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Medicare
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Health policy
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Taxation
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Social security taxes
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Labor
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Wages
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Disabled
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Disability insurance
- Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Aged
Collection
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Name: Congressional Research Service ReportsCode: CRSR
Institution
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Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents DepartmentCode: UNTGD
Resource Type
- Report
Format
- Text
Identifier
- Accession or Local Control No: 94-28_2004Jan13
- CRS Report Number: 94-28
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc26042