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It's Time for Trust Fund Solutions
Read moreSome of the nation’s largest and most important programs are financed through government trust funds that collect dedicated revenues and then...
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Chris Towner: The Social Security and Medicare Funding Problems Are Real
Read moreChris Towner is the policy director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an op-ed for the Washington Monthly, an...
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As Social Security Turns 90, It's Racing Towards Insolvency
Read moreSocial Security turns 90 today – but its retirement program is on course to be insolvent by age 97 – according to new estimates from the program’s...
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New York Times Article Does More to Perpetuate Myths than to Dispel Them
Read moreWith Social Security’s 90 th birthday approaching, The New York Times (NYT) published an article this week alleging “ 6 myths about it that won’t go...
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Retirees Face an $18,100 Benefit Cut in 7 Years
Read moreThe Social Security and Medicare trust funds are only a little more than seven years from insolvency, based on projections from the programs’ own...
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Marc Goldwein and Anthony Colavito: OBBBA Didn't End Taxes on Social Security Benefits; Here's What We Could Do Now
Read moreMarc Goldwein is Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and Anthony Colavito is a Social...
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Event Recap: Checking in on the 2025 Social Security & Medicare Trust Funds
Read moreOn June 24, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted a virtual event following the release of the 2025 Social Security and Medicare...
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Maya MacGuineas: Congress, stop ignoring Social Security
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. She recently wrote an opinion piece for Dallas Morning News, an...
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OBBBA Would Accelerate Social Security & Medicare Insolvency
Read moreThe Social Security and Medicare Trustees estimated in their 2025 annual reports on the programs that the retirement and hospital trust funds will...
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Analysis of the 2025 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 both...
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Social Security and Medicare Trustees Release 2025 Reports
Read moreNote: We have published our analyses of the Social Security and Medicare Trustees' Reports. The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their...
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Lawmakers Add $380 Billion to the Debt in the Final Hours of 2024
Read moreWith the passage of the Social Security Fairness Act and the American Relief Act, Congress and the President approved $1 trillion in new ten-year debt...