The same approach could work again: thoughtful, phased reforms that maintain the program’s core protections. Ideas on the ...

The way annuities affect Social Security benefits may surprise you. Here's how they interact and what to watch for.

The Social Security Administration lied about the GOP budget bill in a message to beneficiaries. Can we trust anything it ...

Social Security and Medicare trust funds, which help pay benefits, are projected to run dry. What will happen then?

Buried in that report, however, is some potentially disturbing news. Based on the Medicare Trustees' most recent projections, ...

A new survey by eHealth and Retirable finds that 80% of Americans worry Medicare and Social Security won’t be available when ...

On June 24, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted a virtual event following the release of the 2025 Social Security and Medicare Trustees' reports, which evaluate the fiscal health of ...

When that happens, seniors will face an automatic 23 percent cut in their Social Security benefits. Medicare will reduce ...

On the Medicare side, the Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund is now forecast to exhaust its reserves in 2033, three years sooner than projected in last year’s report. Goldwein emphasized that the ...

As President Donald Trump and Congress fumble through his One Big Beautiful Bill on the budget for fiscal year 2025-26, they ...

An analysis by CRFB finds the Senate's One Big Beautiful Bill Act would hasten Social Security and Medicare trust fund ...

The date the programs will not be able to fully pay benefits has moved up to three years sooner than last year's estimate, reflecting a January legislation change.