Social Security

Issue Brief

Social Security: Evaluating the Structure for Basic Benefits

Social Security Committee issue brief evaluating the structure of basic Social Security benefits.  

Issue Brief

Women and Social Security

Social Security Committee issue brief examining Social Security benefits for women.

Issue Brief

An Actuarial Perspective on the 2007 Social Security Trustees’ Report

al Insurance Committee annual issue brief offering an actuarial perspective on the Social Security Trustees Report. 

Comment / Letter

Letter to FASAB on Preliminary Views – Accounting for Social Insurance

Social Security Committee comments to the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) regarding a preliminary views document on accounting for social insurance

Comment / Letter

Letter to CMS on Medicare Part D Implementation

Part D Lessons Learned Work Group comment letter on what has worked well and what has not in Medicare Part D. The letter also offers recommendations to improve the overall operation and…

Issue Brief

Investing Social Security Assets in the Securities Markets

Social Security Committee issue brief on Investing Social Security Assets in the Securities Market.  

Social Security Reform Options

Social Insurance Committee monograph presenting an overview of proposed reforms to the Social Security program.

Issue Brief

A Guide to the Use of Stochastic Models in Analyzing Social Security

Social Security Committee issue brief on the use of stochastic models in analyzing Social Security.  

Testimony

Congressional Testimony on Strengthening Social Security

Senior Pension Fellow testimony to the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security on the topic of protecting and strengthening Social Security.

Presentation

Medicare and Social Security: Weighing Solvency

Cori E. Uccello and Ron Gebhardtsbauer Capitol Hill briefing regarding the 2005 trustees report, for Medicare and Social Security, demographic changes affecting both programs, and solvency issues.