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Can Social Security’s Shortfall Be Closed Simply by Raising Taxes on or Means-Testing Benefits for the Wealthy?
Read moreIncreasing the amount of wages subject to Social Security payroll taxes from the current $118,500 cap would raise more revenue and improve the...
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Fiscal FactCheck: 16 Budget Myths to Watch Out For in the 2016 Campaign
Read moreUpdate: The original version of this paper had a mathematical typo, saying that Medicare beneficiaries get, on average, 350% more out of the program...
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Watch the McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Conference
Read moreThe McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative is holding its SSDI Solutions Conference today from 8:45 AM to 5 PM. The conference features opening...
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Jim McCrery and Earl Pomeroy: Social Security disability reform: An issue that can’t wait
Read moreFormer U.S. Representatives Jim McCrery (R-LA) and Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) are the co-chairs of the McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative, a project...
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Trustee Blahous Says Time is Running Out to Fix Social Security
Read moreCharles Blahous, one of the public trustees for Medicare and Social Security, has released a Guide to the 2015 Social Security Trustees Report. The...
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Public Trustees Highlight the Need for Prompt Reform
Read moreLast week, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports on the long-term finances of each program, showing that those...
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Delaying Social Security Changes Ties Policymakers' Hands
Read moreOur analysis of the 2015 Social Security Trustees' report noted that "As time goes on, it will be more difficult to secure the Social Security...
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Washington Post on SSDI: An Opportunity for Bipartisan Compromise
Read moreThe Washington Post yesterday issued Congress "a wise prescription for Social Security Disability Insurance," urging lawmakers to use the program's...
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Becerra Introduces Bill to Combine Social Security Trust Funds
Read moreJust hours in advance of the release of Wednesday's 2015 Social Security Trustees' Report, Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Ways &...
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Gap Widens Between Trustees and CBO on Social Security
Read moreAlthough the Social Security Trustees estimate the program's financial outlook has slightly improved relative to last year, the Congressional Budget...
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CRFB Breaks Down the Social Security Trustees' Report
Read moreFollowing the release of the 2015 Social Security Trustees' report yesterday, CRFB has released a report summarizing the myriad statistics and...
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Report: Analysis of the 2015 Social Security Trustees' Report
Read moreToday, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports on the financial health of the programs. Although these projections...