Jun 20, 2011 ... Social Security and Medicare Taxes and Benefits Over a Lifetime. How much will  you pay in Social Security and Medicare taxes over your lifetime? ... It depends  on whether you're married, when you retire, and how ... One-earner couple  earning the average wage ($43,500 in 2011) ... $357,000 ... $119,000.
A typical married couple "will contribute $119,000" into Medicare but will "receive  $357,000 in Medicare benefits over their lifetimes." — PolitiFact Tennessee on ...
At the same time, it would still allow Medicare and Social Security to serve ...  Means-testing entitlement benefits could punish the very people who work the ...  and retirement savings over the course of a lifetime, elderly Americans would ...  $119,000 to Medicare in taxes but will receive $357,000 in benefits during  retirement.
A typical married couple "will contribute $119,000" into Medicare but will "receive  $357,000 in Medicare benefits over their lifetimes." — PolitiFact Tennessee on ...
I am introducing the Dollar for Dollar legislation that will raise the debt ceiling by  ... an average income of a married family will contribute about $119,000 in payroll  ... lifetime and consume about $357,000 in today's dollars in Medicare benefits. ...  of the people in our country who are on Medicare are in a private plan today.
A typical married couple "will contribute $119,000" into Medicare but will "receive $357,000 in Medicare benefits over their lifetimes."