Social Security
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Event Recap: Checking in on the Social Security & Medicare Trust Funds
Read moreOn June 10, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted an online webinar, Checking in on the Social Security & Medicare Trust Funds. The...
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Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Create Commission to Address Social Security Insolvency
Read moreRepresentatives Tom Cole (R-OK) and Thomas Suozzi (D-NY) recently introduced the Bipartisan Social Security Commission Act, legislation that would...
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Analysis of the 2026 Social Security Trustees' Report
Read moreThe Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports today on the financial status of the programs. The Trustees find that these...
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Social Security and Medicare Trustees Release 2026 Reports
Read moreThe Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports today, finding that both programs have significantly worse financial outlooks...
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Maya MacGuineas: No State Spared When Social Security Goes Insolvent
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. She recently wrote an opinion piece for the Albany Times Union , an...
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Maya MacGuineas: Social Security is Broken. Benefits Cuts for the Rich Are the Fix.
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. She recently wrote an opinion piece for Barron's, an excerpt of which...
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Waiting To Rescue Social Security Has Weakened Our Options
Read moreSocial Security’s retirement trust fund is less than seven years from insolvency, at which point beneficiaries face the prospect of a 24% benefit cut...
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Event Recap: Boomerang: Wealth, Retirement, and the Generational Divide
Read moreOn April 8, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted Boomerang: Wealth, Retirement, and the Generational Divide. This Trust Fund...
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Statement for the Record on Social Security: A Discussion on the Facts and the Path Forward
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget submitted a statement for the record pertaining to the Senate Budget Committee hearing on "Social...
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A Six Figure Limit for Social Security
Read moreSocial Security is less than seven years from insolvency, at which point the law calls for a 24% across-the-board benefit cut. Yet despite facing...
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A Sovereign Debt Fund Can’t Save Social Security
Read moreSocial Security is projected to be insolvent in less than seven years. Lawmakers need to make changes to the funding and benefit structure of this...
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Social Security Solvency Can Strengthen the Economy and Budget
Read moreThe Social Security retirement trust fund is projected to go insolvent in Fiscal Year (FY) 2032 under the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) new...