Social Security
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Gene Steuerle: Recent Social Security reform doesn’t fix unfair spousal benefits
Read moreThe budget compromise forged by Congress and the Obama administration at the end of last month makes two fundamental changes in Social Security.
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Sen. Lankford's SSDI Amendment Continues Progress on Improving the Program
Read moreDuring last week's debate on the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) offered up an amendment making many further changes to the...
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Fiscal FactCheck: Third Republican Debate
Read moreThis blog is part of the “ Fiscal FactCheck” series designated to examine the accuracy of budget-related statements made during the 2016 presidential...
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Social Security Changes in the Budget Deal
Read moreThe recently-introduced Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 tackles a laundry list of items that lawmakers needed to address over this Congress, including...
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Bush Proposes Social Security and Medicare Reform Plan
Read moreThis blog is part of a series of " Policy Explainers" for the 2016 presidential election, where we explain some of the candidates' policy proposals...
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As Life Expectancy Gap Widens, The Well-To-Do Collect More Benefits
Read moreIn an op-ed for the Washington Post, Robert Samuelson called attention to a new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and...
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Fiscal FactCheck: The First Democratic Debate
Read moreThis blog is part of the “ Fiscal FactCheck ” series designed to examine the accuracy of budget-related statements made during the 2016 presidential...
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Is the Social Security Shortfall Bigger than We Thought?
Read moreLast week, the Technical Panel to the Social Security Advisory Board issued a report on the assumptions and methods used by the Social Security...
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Millennials to Receive $2 Million in Social Security & Medicare Benefits
Read moreThe Urban Institute published a new report showing that younger generations will receive much more in lifetime Social Security and Medicare benefits...
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Cotton and Manchin Advocate for Bipartisan Action on SSDI
Read moreSenators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) wrote an op-ed that appeared on Fox News Tuesday advocating for measures to help those who do or...
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Fiscal FactCheck: The Second Republican Debate
Read moreThis blog is part of the “ Fiscal FactCheck ” series designed to examine the accuracy of budget-related statements made during the 2016 presidential...
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Is Social Security’s Insolvency Date 7 or 8 Years Away?
Read moreDuring a discussion on Social Security, Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) said, “Harvard and Dartmouth says that Social Security’s going to go insolvent in...