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The Social Security and Medicare Trustee Reports in Charts
The projections in the latest Medicare and Social Security Board of Trustees Report were further proof of the need to reform these important...
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CATO Event: "Disability Insurance: The New Welfare?"
Yesterday, the CATO Institute hosted a panel discussion featuring CATO Senior Fellow Jagadeesh Gokhale, MIT economics professor David Autor...
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NYT Gets It Wrong on Social Security (Again)
This weekend, The New York Times (NYT) editorial board laid out an argument for why they believe Social Security’s long-term gap is relatively...
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A Bipartisan Bill to Reduce Overlapping Payments in UI and DI
Bipartisanship will be a crucial element when it comes to reforming Social Security and achieving other budget related reforms in the near future. In...
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Event Recap: Challenges Facing Social Security
Update: The video has now been posted. Today, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, the Mercatus Center, and Third Way held an event...
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Taking The Reformer For a Spin
CRFB's latest interactive tool " The Reformer" is a handy game that allows users to design their own Social Security plan. Users can select from a...
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Op-Ed: Reforming Social Security is Easy — But It Won't Be for Long
The Hill | June 4, 2014 The latest Social Security Trustees report, released last week, shows a program in peril. Within three years, the Social...
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Report: Analysis of the 2013 Social Security Trustees' Report
The event "Challenges Facing Social Security," which featured CRFB's " The Reformer" tool, was held on June 4. Read a recap of the event here.
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Social Security Trustees Release Latest Projections
Today, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports with projections of the finances of both programs. The bottom lines of...
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WATCH: Social Security and Medicare Trustees Release Their Reports
At 11 AM Eastern time, the Social Security and Medicare trustees will release their respective reports on the finances of the two programs over the...
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6/4 Event: "Challenges Facing Social Security"
On Friday, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees will issue their latest report, showing the finances of the two programs and their related trust...
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The Economist on Entitlement Reform
Notwithstanding the recent short-term progress in reducing the deficit, our long-term debt outlook remains a problem. Although additional revenue will...