Social Security

With 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...

The Social Security and Medicare trust funds are only a little more than seven years from insolvency, based on projections from the programs’ own...

Marc Goldwein is Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and Anthony Colavito is a Social...

Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. She recently wrote an opinion piece for Dallas Morning News, an...

The Social Security and Medicare Trustees estimated in their 2025 annual reports on the programs that the retirement and hospital trust funds will...

Note: We have published our analyses of the Social Security and Medicare Trustees' Reports. The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their...

Mike Murphy is senior vice president and chief of staff at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion piece for NC...

Policymakers are considering an extension of expiring parts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) as part of a reconciliation bill, which could reduce...

Social Security is the largest federal government program and provides income to nearly 70 million retirees, dependents, survivors, and disabled...