Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid do not provide greedy people with special privileges. So-called serious people are talking about “entitlement reform.” I know “reform” is a good ...
https://crr.bc.edu/what-does-it-mean-to-reform-federal-entitlement-programs-like-social-security/
The brief’s key findings are: The 2023 Trustees Report showed a slight increase in the 75-year deficit and the depletion of the retirement trust fund moved up to 2033. The prospect of a 23-pe...
https://crr.bc.edu/social-securitys-financial-outlook-the-2023-update-in-perspective/
Judges make clear that any decision regarding CFPB has no implications for mandatory spending programs. I received an email recently regarding a 2022 decision by a three-judge panel for the Fift...
https://crr.bc.edu/will-social-security-be-subject-to-annual-appropriations-process/
We explore the extent to which schools affect children’s applications to Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools varied in the extent to which they offer...
Child applications and awards for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) fell sharply at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cumulative applications from April to September 2020 were about 30 perc...
https://crr.bc.edu/does-the-drop-in-child-ssi-applications-and-awards-during-covid-vary-by-locality/
Let’s stop cutting its operating budget. Headlines on CNN characterized Social Security’s disability process as “broken.” That assessment is heartbreaking, but also the result of purpos...
https://crr.bc.edu/social-security-is-the-most-valuable-program-in-the-country/
Raising the ‘full retirement age’ is not a third option — it is a benefit cut. The debate about Social Security has begun. That’s perfectly appropriate. The system is running a 75-yea...
https://crr.bc.edu/there-are-only-two-ways-to-fix-social-security-cut-benefits-or-increase-revenues/
Birth rates in the United States have been declining since the Great Recession, and many thought that COVID-19 might accelerate this decline. And, indeed, birth rates early in the pandemic did ...
https://crr.bc.edu/how-will-covid-affect-completed-fertility-2/
Abstract When COVID-19 brought on a health crisis and shut down many parts of the economy in 2020, many expected the fertility rate to plummet, even more than it had in recent years. While init...
https://crr.bc.edu/how-will-covid-affect-the-completed-fertility-rate/
The brief’s key findings are: In early 2020, many thought the COVID crisis – like the Great Recession – might force many workers to claim Social Security early. But the COVID economy turned...
https://crr.bc.edu/social-security-claiming-covid-19-vs-great-recession/
Highly likely that benefits will increase by more than 9 percent. The time has come to speculate about Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2023. Automatic indexing of benefit...
https://crr.bc.edu/how-big-a-social-security-cola-can-retirees-expect-in-2023/
Timing, index questions, and a huge Medicare premium increase should not cloud value of Social Security’s COLA. I recently talked to one more reporter who commented that our current inflation s...