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A Quick Take on the 2016 Social Security Trustees Report
Read moreThe Social Security and Medicare Trustees have released their reports on the financial state of their respective programs. With regards to Social...
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Analysis of the 2016 Social Security Trustees Report
Read moreToday, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports on the financial status of each program. The projections show that both...
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Maya MacGuineas: In Two Social Security Reports, Ways to Reduce Senior Poverty Without Broad Benefit Cuts
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a commentary that appeared in the Wall Street Journal Washington...
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Senators Cotton and Lee Propose Ideas to Strengthen SSDI
Read moreSenators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation recently to help improve the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program...
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Entitlement Reform Proposals Offered by BPC and AEI
Read moreThe Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC’s) Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings released its recommendations to improve retirement...
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Marc Goldwein: Alicia Munnell is wrong: Social Security needs a quick fix
Read moreMarc Goldwein is the Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He wrote an opinion piece...
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Social Security Cost Growth Should Be Slowed, Not Accelerated
Read moreIn a speech in Elkhart, Indiana on June 1, President Obama discussed retirement security, saying, "We can’t afford to weaken Social Security. We...
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Jim McCrery and Earl Pomeroy: It's time for action on Social Security disability insurance
Read moreThe Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program provides vital benefits to 11 million workers with disabilities and their families, but much...
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Marc Goldwein: Candidates, Stop Perpetuating Social Security Myths. Start Offering Solutions.
Read moreMarc Goldwein is the Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He wrote a guest post that...
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Nine Social Security Myths You Shouldn’t Believe
Read moreSocial Security is a vital program for tens of millions of seniors, dependents, and workers with disabilities, and it has been a hot topic of...
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Event Recap: McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative Recommendations Release
Read moreOn Wednesday, April 6, the McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative released its final recommendations and book of policy proposals dedicated to...
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