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Rep. Larson Proposes Social Security Reform
Read moreRep. John Larson (D-CT) earlier in the summer unveiled his plan to reform Social Security, a plan that has now been evaluated by the Social Security...
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Concord Coalition Calls for Social Security Reform
Read moreAs we have discussed numerous times, the Social Security program is on an unsustainable path, and its combined trust fund will be depleted within the...
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How the Trustees and CBO Differ on Social Security
Read moreThe release of the Social Security Trustees Report just two weeks after CBO released its long-term outlook gives us a good opportunity to compare how...
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Changes to Note in the Social Security Trustees Report
Read moreThe Social Security Trustees Report showed a largely similar outlook compared to the report last year, though it was slightly worse. Trust fund...
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Drivers of the Debt: Aging in the Medium Term, Health Costs Over the Long Term
Read moreThe recent CBO Long-Term Budget Outlook confirmed that our long-term debt problems remain far from solved, with debt projected to exceed the size of...
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Event Recap: Decoding the Social Security Trustees Report
Read moreOn Tuesday, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted an event titled " Decoding the Social Security Trustees Report" to discuss the...
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The Social Security Commission Act of 2014
Read moreIn late May, Representatives Tom Cole (R-OK) and John Delaney (D-MD) introduced the Social Security Commission Act of 2014, reflecting a bipartisan...
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CRFB Analyzes The Social Security Trustees Report
Read moreThe Social Security and Medicare Trustees reports provide a detailed projection of each program's finances over the next 75 years. In response, we...
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Letter in Support of The Social Security Commission Act of 2014
Read moreThe Social Security Trustees’ annual report makes clear that Congress must take action to restore long-term solvency to the program’s trust funds. To...
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Report: Analysis of the 2014 Social Security Trustees' Report
Read moreSee our followup blog series for additional information on the Trustees Report not included in the analysis below. The Social Security and Medicare...
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Social Security Trustees Show Program Headed Toward Insolvency
Read moreToday, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees released reports on the financial state of the country's largest entitlement programs. The reports...
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Trust Fund Insolvency Dates Are Approaching Fast
Read moreAlthough most of our analysis of CBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook has focused on debt projections, CBO also makes projections about the solvency of...