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New Year Social Security Taxes Rise and Open Housing Law
Washington reports New Year changes include higher social security taxes from 4.4 to 4.8 percent on the first 7,800 of earnings, a $83 yearly rise for max earners, Medicare patients paying the first 44 dollars of hospital bills, minor increases in long stay costs, and the Open Housing law expanding protections to most apartments and new single family homes with federal financing rules. The law, effective Jan 1, broadens anti discrimination enforcement following a Supreme Court ruling, with the housing agency tasked to investigate reports of discrimination.
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