Meaning 1: Patent = open/unblocked. Patent has a medical meaning of open or unblocked, particularly regarding an unblocked tube. Common usage includes a 'patent airway', or 'patent fallopian tubes'.eaning 1: Patent = open/unblocked. Patent has a medical meaning of open or unblocked, particularly regarding an unblocked tube. Common usage includes a 'patent airway', or 'patent fallopian tubes'.
Different rates apply for these taxes. Social Security and Medicare Withholding Rates. The current tax rate for social security is 6.2% for the employer and 6.2% for the employee, or 12.4% total. The current rate for Medicare is 1.45% for the employer and 1.45% for the employee, or 2.9% total.
The full 12.4 percent is paid by self-employed individuals. The Medicare withholding and employer-paid amounts are added to the Social Security rate to get what's called FICA taxes. The Medicare rates are 1.45% each, for a total of 2.9%. So the total FICA tax amount is 15.3%. Social Security Benefit vs. Social Security Withholding