Social Security Committee issue brief on assumptions used to evaluate Social Security’s financial condition.

(November 23, 2020)

Social Security Committee issue brief on 2020 Social Security Trustees Report examining the program’s long-term solvency issues and pointing out that Congress should act soon to improve the long-term financial outlook of the program.

(May 21, 2020)

Social Security Committee issue brief on 2019 Social Security Trustees Report examining the program’s long-term solvency issues and recommending that Congress should act soon to improve the long-term financial outlook of the program.

(May 22, 2019)

Lifetime Income Risk Joint Committee, Retirement System Assessment and Policy Committee (RSAP) and Social Security Committee comment letter to the Bipartisan Policy Center on the 2016 Report of the Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings.

(February 21, 2019)

Social Security Committee issue brief on 2018 Social Security Trustees Report examining the program’s long-term solvency issues and recommending that Congress should act soon to improve the long-term financial outlook of the program.

(June 21, 2018)

Social Security Committee issue brief examining automatic adjustment options to address Social Security's financial challenges.(May 03, 2018)

Social Security Committee issue brief on 2017 Social Security Trustees Report examining the program’s long-term solvency issues and recommending that Congress should act soon to improve the long-term financial outlook of the program.

(July 31, 2017)

Social Security Committee issue brief that discusses gender-related factors that can cause differences to the benefits women and men receive from Social Security.(May 12, 2017)

Social Security Committee issue brief exploring possible design changes to Social Security to address issues faced by a growing part of the U.S. population who may attain advanced ages and lack adequate resources.

(June 30, 2016)

Social Security Committee issue brief on 2016 Social Security Trustees Report examining the program’s long-term solvency issues and recommending that Congress should act soon to improve the long-term financial outlook of the program.

(June 27, 2016)

Social Security Committee issue brief on the Disability Insurance Trust Fund shortfall and ways to improve its long-term financial viability.

(August 20, 2015)

Social Security Committee issue brief on 2015 Social Security Trustees Report examining the social insurance program’s long-term solvency issues and recommending that Congress should act soon to improve the long-term financial outlook of the program.

(July 29, 2015)

Janet Barr, former chairperson of the Academy’s Social Security Committee, post-hearing testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance following its hearing on “Social Security: Is a Key Foundation of Economic Security Working for Women?”

(January 15, 2015)

Janet Barr, former chairperson of the Academy’s Social Security Committee, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance hearing on “Social Security: Is a Key Foundation of Economic Security Working for Women?”(December 09, 2014)

Social Security Committee issue brief on 2014 Social Security Trustees Report examining the social insurance program’s long-term solvency and stating that Congress should act soon to improve the long-term financial outlook of Social Security.

(October 21, 2014)

The Academy published a new Essential Elements paper, Securing Social Security, that examines the long-term solvency challenges facing the nation’s largest social insurance program and approaches that could provide adequate long-term financing for the program. Essential Elements is a series designed to make actuarial analyses of public policy issues clearer to general audiences.

(July 28, 2014)

Social Security Committee issue brief analyzing Social Security design changes that would create a defined contribution system within the program for workers to accumulate contributions in individual accounts to fund their retirement income.(May 27, 2014)

Social Security Committee updated issue brief that discusses measures to evaluate Social Security reform proposals.

(May 02, 2014)

A public policy monograph that analyzes proposals to address Social Security’s financial challenges.

(March 03, 2014)

Academy policy paper on the benefits of raising Social Security’s retirement age to help solve the program’s long-term financial problems.(February 26, 2014)