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Gene Steuerle: Recent Social Security reform doesn’t fix unfair spousal benefits
Dr. Eugene (Gene) Steuerle is the Richard B. Fisher chair and Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute and a member of the Committee for a Responsible...
Sen. Lankford's SSDI Amendment Continues Progress on Improving the Program
During last week's debate on the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 , Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) offered up an amendment making many further changes...
Social Security Changes in the Budget Deal
The recently-introduced Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 tackles a laundry list of items that lawmakers needed to address over this Congress, including...
Oct 29, 2015 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Health Care| Social Security| Taxes
Fiscal FactCheck: Third Republican Debate
This blog is part of the “ Fiscal FactCheck ” series designated to examine the accuracy of budget-related statements made during the 2016...
Bush Proposes Social Security and Medicare Reform Plan
This blog is part of a series of " Policy Explainers " for the 2016 presidential election, where we explain some of the candidates' policy proposals...
Fiscal FactCheck: The First Democratic Debate
This blog is part of the “ Fiscal FactCheck ” series designed to examine the accuracy of budget-related statements made during the 2016...
As Life Expectancy Gap Widens, The Well-To-Do Collect More Benefits
In an op-ed for the Washington Post, Robert Samuelson called attention to a new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and...
Millennials to Receive $2 Million in Social Security & Medicare Benefits
The Urban Institute published a new report showing that younger generations will receive much more in lifetime Social Security and Medicare benefits...
Is the Social Security Shortfall Bigger than We Thought?
Last week, the Technical Panel to the Social Security Advisory Board issued a report on the assumptions and methods used by the Social Security...

