Trust the Trustees
June 18, 2018“The story we expected and the story we got was that the shortfall was becoming a more urgent situation,” said Charles Blahous, a former public trustee of the Social Security and Medicare
Social Security
Congress Can Save Social Security for Millennials, It Just Won't
June 14, 2018Vice
Not only is (Medicare) facing the same demographic upheaval, it’s also coping with the harsh fluctuations of healthcare costs, which are not set, under current models, to stabilize like the senior
Should You Be Worried About Social Security and Medicare?
June 11, 2018Associated Press
An unexpected weakening in the finances of Social Security and Medicare has raised concern about the bedrock programs for the middle class.
Social Security Now Running a Deficit; Insolvency Set at 2034
June 06, 2018The Washington Times
Social Security will spend more than it collects this year, the program’s trustees said Tuesday, marking the first time in more than 35 years that it will run an annual deficit as it slides toward
Reports on Medicare, Social Security Underscore that Younger Americans Have the Most at Risk
June 05, 2018WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said today that this year’s reports from the Social Security and Medicare trustees again show that these programs need substantial reforms to put them
Don't Be Penny Wise and Pound Foolish With the Budget
June 04, 2018“As we look at keeping discretionary spending under control we do want to be careful and maintain a fiscally responsible approach, but we don’t want to cut the heart out of things that ar
Anticipating Worrisome Reports on Social Security, Medicare
May 29, 2018The 2018 Social Security and Medicare Trustees’ Reports are expected to be released within the next few weeks.
The Children Are Our Future
May 17, 2018“In only a few years we will be spending more servicing our past debt than we will investing in our future,” Marc Goldwein, senior vice president for the Committee for a Responsible Feder
Deficits and Social Security: Time For a Plan
May 14, 2018Former U.S. Rep.
GAO Suggests Ways to End Duplication, Save Money
May 03, 2018Congress and the Trump administration could save tens of billions of dollars by acting to improve efficiency and effectiveness in dozens of federal programs that range from Medicare to mi