Retirement Security
The retirement income system will come under increasing stress in the years ahead, with Social Security facing a modest shortfall over the next 75 years, Disability Insurance facing insolvency by 2016, and employers increasingly replacing traditional defined-benefit pension plans with defined-contribution plans. In addition, tax incentives for retirement saving are poorly targeted. Policy Futures works to improve retirement income security for low- and moderate-income Americans.
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Women and Disability Insurance: Five Facts You Should Know
Many overall trends that sometimes provoke criticism can be better understood in light of women's rising role in the...
President’s Budget Would Hurt People with Disabilities
President Trump’s 2019 budget would make it harder for millions of people with disabilities to afford the basics — food on the table, a roof over their heads, and access to health care — by...
Budget Deal Gives Policymakers Another Chance to Fund Social Security Technology Improvements
Now that Congress has agreed to raise the caps on discretionary spending in 2018 and 2019, policymakers have another chance to adequately fund technology upgrades that would improve the Social...
Funding Bills Would Hurt Social Security Customer Service
The full House and the Senate Appropriations Committee have passed woefully inadequate funding plans for operating the Social Security Administration (SSA), which would substantially weaken customer...
Americans — Especially Women — Benefit Hugely from Social Security
Today is Social Security’s 82nd birthday. We’ve updated our backgrounder on Social Security’s significant impact and a related analysis of its benefits. In June 2017, over 60 million people...
Why You Should Care About Social Security Disability Insurance
Sixty-one years ago today, President Eisenhower signed a bill creating Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). Many Americans don’t know much about this vital program — even though, by...
What the 2017 Trustees’ Report Shows About Social Security
Social Security can pay full benefits for close to two decades but will then face a significant, though manageable, funding...
SSI: A Lifeline for Children with Disabilities
Supplemental Security Income is the only source of federal income support targeted to families caring for children with disabilities, and it reaches only the lowest-income and most severely impaired...
Middle-Class Americans’ Big Stake in Social Security
While Social Security provides a foundation of economic security for people at all income levels, new research from the Social Security Administration (SSA) illustrates its importance for those in...
Trump’s Budget Director Gets Social Security Disability Insurance Wrong
President Trump’s budget director, Mick Mulvaney, issued a series of falsehoods about Social Security Disability Insurance during a recent...
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