Social Security
Financial sustainability and other topics related to the Social Security program.
Social Security Resources
Issue Brief
An Actuarial Perspective on the 2024 Social Security Trustees Report
The Social Security Committee released an issue brief, An Actuarial Perspective on the 2024 Social Security Trustees Report. This detailed brief provides perspective on the latest detailed annual…
Issue Brief
Updated Issue Brief Examines Individual Equity and Social Adequacy in Social Security Reforms
The Social Security Committee released an updated monograph and issue brief on individual equity and social adequacy as those principles apply to Social Security reform options. The monograph and…
Topics: Social Security
Issue Brief
Issue Brief: Reforming Social Security Sooner Rather Than Later
Social Security’s combined trust fund reserves are projected to become depleted around 2034,1 at which time its income would be able to pay only 80% of the benefits scheduled for its 80 million…
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Social Security Committee Releases Issue Brief on Social Security Reform: Taxation Options
The Academy’s Social Security Committee released an issue brief that explores a wide variety of proposals made over the years for increasing the system’s revenue by members of Congress,…
Topics: Social Security
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Social Security Committee Releases Issue Brief on Social Security Reform: Benefit Formula Options
The Academy’s Social Security Committee released an issue brief that explores a wide variety of proposals made over the years for changing the formulas for determining benefits by members of…
Issue Brief
Social Security Committee Releases Issue Brief on Social Security Reform: Taxation Options
The Academy’s Social Security Committee released an issue brief that explores a wide variety of proposals made over the years for increasing the system’s revenue by members of Congress,…
Issue Brief
Social Security Committee Releases Issue Brief on Social Security Reform: Benefit Formula Options
The Academy’s Social Security Committee released an issue brief that explores a wide variety of proposals made over the years for changing the formulas for determining benefits by members of…
Issue Brief
Social Security Committee Releases One-pager to Accompany Issue Brief on the 2022 Social Security Trustees Report
The Academy’s Social Security Committee has released a one-pager to accompany its issue brief on the 2022 Social Security Trustees Report examining the latest detailed annual assessment by the…
Issue Brief
Issue Brief on Individual Equity and Social Adequacy
The Social Security Committee’s issue brief on Social Security reform proposals. This issue brief compares three proposals for reforming Social Security using the Individual Equity and Social…
Issue Brief