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As Life Expectancy Gap Widens, The Well-To-Do Collect More Benefits
In 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
This 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?
Last 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
The 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
Senators 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
This 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?
During a discussion on Social Security, Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) said, “Harvard and Dartmouth says that Social Security’s going to go insolvent in...
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Is the Number of Workers per Social Security Retiree Declining?
In the so-called "undercard" debate, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) stated: “In 1950, there were 16 workers for every retiree. How many are there today...
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NYT's Tritch Misses the Mark on SSDI Funding Options
The New York Times Editorial Board's Teresa Tritch posted a piece last week on short-term solutions to avert next year's depletion of the Social...
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Maya MacGuineas: Protecting the Legacy of Social Security for Future Generations
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a guest post for the Social Security Administration's blog. It is...
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Bipartisan Policy Center Publishes SSDI Recommendations
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) recently convened a Disability Insurance Working Group and released their recommendations to address the upcoming...
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Three Scenarios for Projecting Debt
Our recent analysis of the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) August baseline focused on CBO's official current law baseline projections, which show...