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

Key PointsThe Social Security Administration has worked with the Department of Government Efficiency to improve productivity and eliminate unnecessary costs.Social Security changes implemented to date ...

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

Millions of retirees are receiving reduced Social Security checks in July 2025. Learn why it’s happening and who is impacted.

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The Social Security Administration sent a misleading email to benefit recipients and other Americans last week about the ...

More than one-third of Americans oppose two common proposals to ensure Medicare is available for future generations.

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

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

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

Social Security and Medicare are facing mounting financial challenges, with both programs projected to fall short of paying ...