As The New York Times reports, the number of applicants for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) has fallen even faster since 2015 than the Social Security Administration (SSA) expected. In fact, disability applications and benefit awards have fallen for nearly a decade, even if some government officials haven’t acknowledged it. But the shift is significant, …
Cash-Strapped Social Security Needs More Funds to Improve Customer Service
The House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee may consider this week its 2019 funding bill, which funds the Social Security Administration (SSA) — and, when it does, it needs to continue the recent progress in reversing years of damaging cuts to SSA’s budget. SSA’s operating budget fell nearly 9 percent between …
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Repeat After Me: Social Security and Medicare Are Not Insolvent
Image: Daniel Racovitan via Flickr Creative Commons, https://flic.kr/p/dCmt1y It happens like clockwork each year. The trustees of Social Security and Medicare issue their annual reports on the programs’ health, and doomsayers start talking about insolvency and bankruptcy. This year is no exception. The reports issued on Tuesday yielded wildly inaccurate news stories - amplified by …
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