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Event Recap: Decoding the Social Security Trustees Report
On 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
In 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
The 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
The 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
See 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
Today, 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
Although most of our analysis of CBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook has focused on debt projections, CBO also makes projections about the solvency of...
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CBO: Social Security Trust Fund To Be Exhausted 1 Year Earlier, in 2030
One of the biggest stories of last year's long-term outlook was the deterioration in Social Security's financial picture. Largely due to CBO's...
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How Much of a Payroll Tax Increase Would It Take to Fix Social Security?
Around this time of year, the Social Security Trustees usually issue their report on the status of the program over the next 75 years. In advance of...
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Sahadi Warns of Disability Insurance Insolvency
We've written many times on the need to reform Social Security well before it becomes insolvent in the 2030s. But as Jeanne Sahadi explains in a...
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Senators Begich and Murray Propose Social Security Benefit Enhancements
Last week, Senator Mark Begich (D-AK) and Senate Budget Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced legislation that would make targeted increases...
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Delaney and Cole Propose Social Security Commission
Reps. John Delaney (D-MD) and Tom Cole (R-OK) introduced the Social Security Commission Act of 2014 today.