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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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Feb 19, 2014 | Blog Paper Press Release | Social Security

Entitlement Reform Should Be in the President's Budget

Last Friday, 16 Senate Democrats sent a letter to President Obama, but it wasn't for Valentine's Day. Rather, the letter warned the President against...
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Feb 6, 2014 | Blog Paper Press Release | Social Security

CBO's Social Security Projections

In CBO's 2014 Budget and Economic Outlook released this week, they addressed the future of the federal government's largest program, Social Security...
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Jan 13, 2014 | Blog Paper Press Release | Social Security| Other Spending

Explaining the "Double-Dipping" Provision

As the Senate looks for offsets for an unemployment insurance extension, there is one provision that has gotten some attention: ending "double-...
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Jan 9, 2014 | Blog Paper Press Release | Social Security

Op-Ed: Five Facts You Should Know About Social Security

Huffington Post | January 9, 2014 The recent column by Jane White on Social Security reform mischaracterized the position of the Committee for a...
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Jan 8, 2014 | Blog Paper Press Release | Social Security

Getting the Facts Right on Social Security

Note: This piece was originally posted on the Angry Bear blog . The late Senator Moynihan once said that “everyone is entitled to his own...
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Jan 2, 2014 | Blog Paper Press Release | Social Security

Social Security Trustee Warns About Expansion Proposals

Late in 2013, a debate about Social Security erupted centering around calls from some progressives to broadly increase Social Security benefits at a...
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Dec 20, 2013 | Blog Paper Press Release | Social Security

Setting the Record Straight on Social Security

Recently, many policymakers and commentators have called for expanding Social Security benefits rather than slowing the program’s costs, suggesting...
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Dec 18, 2013 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Social Security

CBO 95 Percent Confident Social Security Trust Fund Runs Out in 25 Years

CBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook contains significant amounts of helpful data on Social Security. However, a lot of the data focus on just the outlays...
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Nov 7, 2013 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Social Security

Social Security Should Be Part of the Conversation

All eyes are on the budget conference committee, which has a myriad of options available to consider as it negotiates this year's budget resolution...
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