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The little-known Medicare surtax may hammer millions in Obamacare tax battle

Dual-income families often don't discover the Medicare surtax until filing, and Democrats may push to expand it

By Ted Jenkin Fox News

Published May 18, 2026 7:00am EDT

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Midterms are coming. And the next big tax fight in America may not be over billionaires, yachts or real estate moguls.

It may be over a tiny little tax most Americans barely even know exists.

The hidden tax Democrats may quietly put front and center during the midterm elections is the 0.9% Medicare surtax, one of Obamacare’s least talked about money grabs. But with Medicare being the largest line item on our growing fiscal deficit, the Dems will look for any way to fund this growing liability.

And here’s the scary part. Millions of families don’t even realize they’re paying it until they get blindsided at tax filing time.

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Some taxpayers might find their Obamacare surtax getting even worse. (iStock)

This tax first arrived in 2013 as part of the Affordable Care........

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