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

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis evaluates the surge of businesses flocking to Florida as top Democrats appear to vilify wealthy populations with crippling tax policies on ‘Hannity.’ 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. FOX NEWS POLL: AN INCREASING NUMBER OF VOTERS FEEL THE R

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Human cages and overflowing toilets at $1m a day: the brutal legacy of Ron DeSantis’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ jail

Florida’s hard-right governor is trying to distance himself from the notorious detention center as public opinion sours It took three days for Arianne Betancourt’s joy at the release of her father from months of detention in…

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Human cages and overflowing toilets at $1m a day: the brutal legacy of Ron DeSantis’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ jail

Florida’s hard-right governor is trying to distance himself from the notorious detention center as public opinion sours It took three days for Arianne Betancourt’s joy at the release of her father from months of…

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

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Florida’s hard-right governor is trying to distance himself from the notorious detention center as public opinion sours It took three days for Arianne Betancourt’s joy at the release of her father from months of detention in…

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