Medicare

If you’re like most people, the information you receive about Medicare through the mail, from insurance agents, or talking with friends, family, and co-workers, is confusing!

It’s not that often that you get good news about insurance premiums. However, millions of Medicare B recipients who had been worrying about a potential 52% premium increase were likely heartened to hear about a bipartisan bill just approved by Congress.

Pitfalls and Dangers Abound

It may have seemed a ways off when this provision was first introduced into the tax code but starting in 2013 couples filing jointly with more than $250000 of Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) ($200000 for single filers) will owe a 3.8% Medicare tax on the lesser of net investment income—including interest dividends capital gains annuities rents and royalties—or