The Most Important Source of Funding for Medicare Is

question 6

Multiple Choice

The most important source of funding for Medicare is

• A) the federal income tax.
• B) premiums paid by elders and deducted from their monthly Social Security checks.
• C) a 2.9 percent payroll tax paid by all workers, regardless of their age.
• D) proceeds from the Medicare Trust Fund.
• E) a tax on the health insurance premiums pay by all group plans.

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