medicare part a is the hospital insurance portion of medicare.
th part of medicare that is the hospital insurance portion is?
medicare part a
medicare has four parts: loosely speaking part a is hospital insurance. part b is medical services insurance. medicare part d covers many prescription drugs, though some are covered by part b. in general, the distinction is based on whether or not the drugs are self-administered but even this distinction is not total. public part c medicare health plans, the most popular of which are branded medicare advantage, are another way for original medicare (part a and b) beneficiaries to receive their part a, b and d benefits; simply, part c is capitated fee and original medicare is fee for service. all medicare benefits are subject to medical necessity.
medicare (united states)
often, the employee already has income above the wage base ($127,200 in 2017) for purpose of the old age, survivors, disability insurance (oasdi) portion of the fica tax, and won't owe the oasdi portion of the tax. however, the deferred compensation will be still subject to the hospital insurance portion of the fica tax (referred to as the "hi" portion, or "medicare tax") because the hospital insurance wage base is currently unlimited. the employee portion of the medicare tax is 1.45% of wages (and an extra 0.9% for high-earners).









































section::::tax consequences for employers.
nonqualified deferred compensation