AMAC Foundation’s Social Security Report - AMAC Foundation
Since the Social Security Board of Trustees released its 2026 annual report to Congress and the President, it’s fair to say there’s been a substantial increase in interest in the unraveling financial stability of this 91-year-old senior support system. The Trustees’ advancing the date for the full depletion of the Old-Age and Retirement Insurance trust fund seems to have prompted a general awakening to the fact that 2032 is not that far away, judging by the pace of media coverage describing the predicament that could confront beneficiaries in about six years. It seems more people are eager these days to learn about this looming catastrophe and to remain updated on what’s happening (and, perhaps more importantly, what’s not happening) in Congress on this key issue.
This rising level of interest is a good thing, for sure. And did you know there’s a website available to help anyone interested in staying up to date on the wide variety of Social Security and its many, many moving parts? It’s the AMAC Foundation’s Social Security Report…the site you’re on right now!
The AMAC Foundation Social Security Report
For more than a decade, the Social Security Report has brought tens of thousands of pertinent updates to readers seeking clarification of Social Security’s complexities, updates on legislative issues affecting the program, and a host of reference sources to help them understand. Last year was no exception, with 2025 seeing well over a thousand informative pieces covered on the site, with daily postings featuring a range of headline articles and latest news posts covering Social Security procedures, retirement issues, Medicare topics, taxation, and legislative developments.
From its initial intent to serve as a tool for congressional aides to stay informed about developments in Social Security, the website has evolved into a resource for anyone interested in the state of our country’s Social Security program. In its present form, the Social Security Report site seeks to keep all Americans up to date on the evolving Social Security landscape and to serve as a reference for people aging into benefit eligibility or with procedural questions about Social Security.
This objective is served by:
- providing daily updates covering legislative developments and major breaking news related to Social Security
- maintaining an ongoing catalog of questions and answers relevant to topics of interest to the public
- providing a repository of searchable reference documents relevant to Social Security issues, including published reports of interest to site visitors
- providing access to official government reports and projections concerning the future of Social Security, including Social Security fact sheets and links to the program’s trustee reports
- offering a collection of tools and calculators designed to assist with individuals’ decision-making on retirement-related issues
- A sidebar-type observation panel (“Heard on the Hill”) noting publications and events likely to be of interest to those following Social Security
The site’s tagline— “Your Daily Resource”—supports its design objective of being a “go-to” place for Congressional Aides and their Senators and Representatives, as well as the general public, to stay abreast of developments and projections on Social Security and related programs.
AMAC Original Content is a Feature of the Site
The Social Security Report website is maintained by a rotating editorial staff of trained and accredited AMAC Foundation Social Security Advisors. Prior to last year, the website’s primary function was to curate relevant information from myriad news sources, adding commentary from the Foundation’s staff to further introduce and, in some cases, expand on the topic covered in the news item. Last year, we adopted a new way of thinking, with many of the website’s posts featuring original content developed by Foundation staff and leveraging the extensive Social Security knowledge held by its Advisory Staff.
Included in these original content posts are extensive discussions of arcane Social Security rules (see December 22 post on benefits for divorced spouses), while others provide detailed explanations of Social Security’s complex operations (see July 18 post explaining the concept of wage indexing). We also use these original content posts to weigh in on research opinions about “hot buttons” in the Social Security debate (see the December 8 post addressing the debate over Social Security’s role in federal debt).
It’s our way of using this forum to help readers comprehend some of the more esoteric aspects of Social Security! Of course, we welcome any questions our readers have about Social Security… just submit your queries to SSAdvisor@AmacFoundation.org for a quick response!