Editorial: Congress must deal with Medicare, Social Security
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Media Outlet
The Greenville News
The Academy's issue brief providing an actuarial perspective on the 2008 Medicare Trustees Report was cited. The brief stated that fixing Medicare's 75-year deficit would require an immediate 122 percent increase in the Medicare payroll tax, a 51 percent cut in benefits, or a combination of the two.
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