Medicare: GOP Repeal Bill Threatens Medicare Solvency to Cut Taxes for Wealthy Posted by Editor on March 11, 2017 in Healthcare “The repeal of the additional 0.9 percent payroll tax on high income earners will reduce the solvency of the Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund by three years.” Share this:Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Healthcare