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Jul 22, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care| Social Security| Other Spending

Major Trust Funds Headed for Insolvency Within 11 Years

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Robert Reischauer
May 14, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care| Social Security

Robert Reischauer and Charles Blahous: Letter from Former Trustees of Social Security and Medicare

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Oct 1, 2015 | Blog Paper Press Release | Social Security

Cotton and Manchin Advocate for Bipartisan Action on SSDI

Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) wrote an op-ed that appeared on Fox News Tuesday advocating for measures to help those who do or...
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Sep 18, 2015 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Social Security| Taxes| Economics

Fiscal FactCheck: The Second Republican Debate

This blog is part of the “ Fiscal FactCheck ” series designed to examine the accuracy of budget-related statements made during the 2016...
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Sep 18, 2015 | Blog Paper Press Release | Social Security

Is Social Security’s Insolvency Date 7 or 8 Years Away?

During a discussion on Social Security, Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) said, “Harvard and Dartmouth says that Social Security’s going to go...
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Sep 18, 2015 | Blog Paper Press Release | Social Security

Is the Number of Workers per Social Security Retiree Declining?

In the so-called "undercard" debate, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) stated: “In 1950, there were 16 workers for every retiree. How...
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Sep 8, 2015 | Blog Paper Press Release | Social Security

NYT's Tritch Misses the Mark on SSDI Funding Options

The New York Times Editorial Board's Teresa Tritch posted a piece last week on short-term solutions to avert next year's depletion of the...
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Sep 4, 2015 | Blog Paper Press Release | Social Security

Maya MacGuineas: Protecting the Legacy of Social Security for Future Generations

Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a guest post for the Social Security Administration's blog...
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Aug 31, 2015 | Blog Paper Press Release | Social Security

Bipartisan Policy Center Publishes SSDI Recommendations

The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) recently convened a Disability Insurance Working Group and released their recommendations to address the upcoming...
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Aug 27, 2015 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Social Security| Other Spending

Three Scenarios for Projecting Debt

Our recent analysis of the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) August baseline focused on CBO's official current law baseline projections,...
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Aug 24, 2015 | Blog Paper Press Release | Social Security

Event Recap: McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Conference

On Tuesday, August 4, 2015, the McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative hosted its SSDI Solutions Conference , presenting the 12 papers...
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