Social Security
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New Approaches to Social Security Benefit Taxation
Read moreSocial Security’s retirement fund is on course to go insolvent in just six years; a few months later, Medicare’s Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund is...
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A Flat-Rate COLA for Social Security
Read moreAs part of our Trust Fund Solutions Initiative, which introduces novel ideas to shore up the Social Security, Medicare, and Highway programs, we...
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Large Benefit Cuts Loom for Social Security
Read moreThe Social Security retirement program is just six years from insolvency, according to the program’s trustees. At that point, the law requires...
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Statement for the Record on The Future of Social Security
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget submitted a statement for the record pertaining to the Senate Finance Committee hearing on "The Future...
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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...