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Is The Government Able and Willing to Repay Social Security Debt?
The short-term solvency of Social Security is in the hands of the federal government. Enough payroll taxes have been paid to cover full benefit payments until 2033. But $2.7 trillion of that money was taken by the government and spent for…
Rubio Talks Medicare, Job Training, Immigration at St. A’s
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., spoke extensively about his priorities for moving America forward in the 21st century…While quick to point out that he would not do away with programs like Medicare or Social Security – both of which his mother…
King v. Burwell: Public Health’s 21st Century Call to Action
In the 1960s, health reformers mobilized to advocate for medical coverage for senior citizens. Physician advocates and public health groups among others came together to make Medicare part of the Social Security Act. In 1965, Medicare was signed into law,…
Retirement: When you should take Social Security
Social Security is most Americans’ largest retirement asset, but the system is “maddeningly complex, and if you don’t figure it out, you can lose big bucks,” says one of the authors of a new book. “It’s easy to leave tens…
Forget About “Fixing” Social Security. Can We Make It Better Than Ever?
When it comes to Social Security, there are countless articles warning us that the Social Security trust fund will run out of money soon and outlining changes we can make to shore the system up. But why stop with simply…
Congress Can’t Dodge Social Security Disability Insurance …
As if stirring, like Rip Van Winkle, from a 20-year snooze, Congress is finally awakened to the teetering finances of the Social Security’s disability program. Better late than never, but policymakers have known for years that this day would arrive…
Congress Social Security Reform Means Cuts
Congress’ Social Security ‘reform’ means cuts,” say former Chief of Staff of the U.S. House Aging Committee and ex-White House spokesman, Robert Weiner, and senior policy analyst Autumn Kelly in an op-ed published in the Palm Beach Post in Wednesday’s…
Social Security could be in worse shape than we thought
Social Security may be worse off than we thought says Forbes magazine. The Obama budget demands some $330 billion be transferred from the Social Security Trust Fund to the Disability Trust Fund over the next decade. Some have said this…
Dems Brandish New Counterproposal in Social Security Fight: Tax the Rich
The definitive Democratic counterproposal in the fledgling fight over Social Security is starting to emerge, and it has a familiar ring in the era of income inequality politics: tax the rich. More specifically, Democrats are proposing to raise or eliminate the…
The Social Security Truth More Americans Need to Face
Social Security is one of the most important programs for Americans reaching old age, yet polls from Gallup over the years have found a consistent gap between how much people expect Social Security will provide for them in retirement and…