Finding a Social Security Solution We Can All Agree On
In October, the National Academy for Social Insurance published a study on Americans' preferred solution to making Social Security solvent. CRFB...
Social Security
SSDI: Challenges beyond its Trust Fund
Henry Aaron – Chair of the Social Security Advisory Board and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution – recently weighed in on the...
Do Americans Really Favor a Revenue-Only Approach to Social Security Reform?
The National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) released a survey last week (see video of CRFB President Maya MacGuineas at the release event) ...
Social Security is A Little Bit Harder to Secure
Social Security's finances are far from secure, and every year that Congress waits before addressing the problem makes it harder to fix. This week,...
SSDI Hearings Running Behind
Although the Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Patent Office are infamous among federal agencies for the long wait times and lines, their backlogs pale...
SSDI Solutions Initiative Issues Call for Papers
With the Disability Insurance trust fund running out of money in two years, time is running out to discuss a smart solution to the program's...
Ideas to Reduce Fraud in the Disability System
As we have been reporting, many reforms to the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program could improve its effectiveness, fairness, and...
Reps. McCrery and Pomeroy Stress Need for Disability Insurance Reforms
In a commentary published today in Roll Call, former Congressmen Jim McCrery (R-LA) and Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) argue Congress should take a closer look...
Reps. McCrery and Pomeroy Launch SSDI Solutions Initiative
Former Congressmen Jim McCrery (R-LA) and Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) today launched the McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative, a bipartisan effort...
General Revenue & the Social Security Trust Funds
Social Security is often portrayed in one of two ways, either as its own self-contained program (the “trust fund perspective”) or as part...