Thank you for the thorough answer. I have one follow-up question: Are OASDI and Medicare both under the umbrella of FICA, or are they treated separately, for the purposes of your answer? I ask because I already met my full OASDI contribution for 2023 earlier in the year, but Medicare contributions always continue through the full year in my situation. However, my LTD payments from the insurer just started, and while they are withholding for state and federal taxes for me, they are not deducting for Medicare. Will I end up in a hole for that Medicare tax unless I can get them to deduct for that as well? And then for 2024, it sounds like OASDI would restart like normal, but then both that and Medicare contribution would pause once I pass the six month mark on receiving SSDI. And only for the portion that is from SSDI, since my LTD benefit is larger than SSDI alone and will simply be reduced by the amount of SSDI. Correct? Thanks again for your help.
