Social Security
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Options for Reforming Disability Insurance
We have said before that the Disability Insurance (DI) portion of Social Security is too often overlooked, even though it has a more immediate funding...
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Debating Social Security Fixes
The AARP has just released a helpful new paper considering the pros and cons of different options to reform Social Security. Our fiscal outlook in the...
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The Facts on Social Security Reform and Intergenerational Equity
UPDATED: The table now also includes average scheduled benefits in 2050. A scuffle between Social Security advocacy groups and Fiscal Commission co...
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Social Security Disability Insurance Should Not Be Ignored
Brian Faler of Bloomberg has an article about the unwillingness of lawmakers to address Social Security's Disability Insurance program. Although the...
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A Progressive Retirement Age?
Yesterday, Zeke Emanuel advanced an interesting proposal for Social Security and Medicare in a blog at The New York Times: varying the retirement ages...
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Double Counting and Medicare Part A
Last month, Social Security and Medicare Trustee Chuck Blahous sparked a controversy by saying that the Affordable Care Act would add to the deficit...
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A Social Solution for Social Security
Last week’s report from the Social Security Trustees laid out the challenges facing the vital program. The largest federal program began running...
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Marc Goldwein: Social Security Disability System Is Broken
CRFB's Senior Policy Director Marc Goldwein has a message to policymakers in an op-ed in The Hill: don't overlook the disability insurance (DI)...
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Op-Ed: Social Security Disability System Is Broken
The Hill | May 1, 2012 Since the Social Security Trustees report was released last week, we’ve heard a lot about the year 2033. That’s the year when...
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Jim Kolbe and Charlie Stenholm: Congress Cannot Afford to Punt on Social Security
Today, two of CRFB's co-chairman, former Representatives Charlie Stenholm (D-TX) and Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), penned an op-ed in The Hill, saying that the...
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