Here’s a plan that eliminates the long-term shortfall in its finances and updates the system for the 21st century.
Henry Aaron
Henry J. Aaron is a senior fellow in the Economic Studies department at the Brookings Institution.
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Triumph and Tribulation
How progressives might approach changes to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
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Our Best Anti-Poverty Program
Why does the United States and every other developed nation have a system of social-insurance pensions? The simple answer is that social insurance is intended to ensure basic income to those no longer able to work. These include the elderly, the disabled, orphans, and widows and widowers with small children. “Ensure” means that incomes must […]