The Future of Social Security

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The Future of Social Security

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Harmon, William L

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1 online resource (107 pages)

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Retirement Issues, Plans and Lifestyles

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9781634851923

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Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Social Security's Future: Answers to Key Questions* -- Preface -- Section I: How Does Social Security Work? -- Social Security's Goals -- 1. How Did Social Security Begin? -- 2. What Are Social Security's Goals? -- 3. How Well Has Social Security Worked? -- 4. Who Gets Benefits? -- 5. What Benefits Does Social Security Offer? -- 6. When Can People Get Benefits? -- 7. How Much Interest Do Workers' Contributions Earn? -- 8. What Is Social Insurance? -- Social Security's Revenues -- 9. Where Do Social Security's Revenues Come from? -- 10. How Much Is the Social Security Payroll Tax? -- 11. Why Is There a Cap on Taxable Earnings? -- 12. How Are Social Security Benefits Taxed? -- 13. What Are the Social Security Trust Funds? -- 14. Are the Social Security Trust Funds Like Private Sector Trust Funds? -- 15. What Interest Rate Do the Social Security Trust Funds Earn? -- 16. What Does "Pay-as-You-Go Financing" Mean? -- 17. Are Social Security Taxes Spent on Other Government Programs? -- Section II: Why Is There a Need for Changes to Social Security? -- Social Security's Outlook -- 1. What Is the Basic Problem? -- 2. What Is the Size of the Funding Gap? -- 3. Why Do the Trustees Look at Social Security's Future Financial Status over a 75-Year Period, and Why Are Projections Uncertain? -- 4. What Are the Root Causes of the Gap between Costs and Revenues? -- 5. Are There Other Issues That Policymakers Could Also Consider Addressing? -- Overall Fiscal and Economic Outlook -- 6. Now That Social Security's Costs Exceed Revenues, Where Does the Money Come from? -- 7. What Is the Outlook for the Whole Federal Budget, Especially When Federal Health Care Programs Are Included? -- 8. What Are the Implications of This Budgetary Outlook?. 9. If Most of the Projected Increase in Entitlement Spending Is Attributed to Federal Health Care Programs, Should We Focus on That First? -- Consequences of Inaction -- 10. What Are the Potential Consequences of Waiting for a More Immediate Solvency Crisis to Make Changes to Social Security? -- 11. What Happens if We Don't Do Anything? -- Section III: What Are the Options for Addressing Social Security's Challenges? -- Changing Benefits -- 1. What Options Have Been Proposed for Changing the Benefit Formula? -- 2. What Options Have Been Proposed for Modifying Colas? -- 3. What Options Have Been Proposed for Further Increasing the Retirement Age? -- Changing Revenues -- 4. What Options Have Been Proposed for Increasing Tax Revenues? -- 5. Are There Other Proposals to Increase Social Security's Revenues? -- Section IV: What Are the Options for Addressing Challenges Specific to the Disability Insurance Program? -- Restoring DI Solvency in the Short Term -- 1. What Options Exist for Restoring DI Trust Fund Solvency in the Short Term? -- Addressing Broader Challenges -- 2. What Options Have Been Proposed for Changing Eligibility Criteria for the DI Program? -- 3. What Changes Have Been Proposed to Help Improve Administration of the DI Program? -- 4. What Other Options Have Been Proposed for Expanding Opportunities to Work? -- Section V: A Framework for Evaluation -- Criterion 1: Financing Sustainable Solvency -- Criterion 2: Balancing Adequacy and Equity in the Benefit Structure -- Criterion 3: Implementing and Administering Proposed Reforms -- Feasibility of Implementation and Administration -- Public Understanding -- Section VI: Glossary of Key Terms -- Section VII: Related GAO Products -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 -- Social Security and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Provisions in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015( -- Summary. Section 846. Expedited Examination of Administrative Law Judges -- End Notes -- Index. Subtitle A. Ensuring Correct Payments and Reducing Fraud -- Section 811. Expansion of Cooperative Disability Investigations Units -- Section 812. Exclusion of Certain Medical Sources of Evidence -- Section 813. New and Stronger Penalties -- Section 814. References to Social Security and Medicare in Electronic Communications -- Section 815. Change to Cap Adjustment Authority -- Subtitle B. Promoting Opportunity for Disability Beneficiaries -- Section 821. Temporary Reauthorization of Disability Insurance Demonstration Project Authority -- Section 822. Modification of Demonstration Project Authority -- Section 823. Promoting Opportunity -- Demonstration Project -- Section 824. Use of Electronic Payroll Data to Improve Program Administration -- Section 825. Treatment of Earnings Derived from Services -- Section 826. Electronic Reporting of Earnings -- Subtitle C. Protecting Social Security Benefits -- Section 831. Closure of Unintended Loopholes3 -- Deemed Filing -- Voluntary Suspension of Benefits -- Section 832. Requirement for Medical Review -- Section 833. Reallocation of Payroll Tax Revenue -- Section 834. Access to Financial Information for Waivers and Adjustments of Recovery -- Subtitle D. Relieving Administrative Burdens and Miscellaneous Provisions -- Section 841. Interagency Coordination to Improve Program Coordination -- Section 842. Elimination of Quinquennial Determinations Relating to Wage Credits for Military Service Prior to 1957 -- Section 843. Certification of Benefits Payable to a Divorced Spouse of a Railroad Worker to the Railroad Retirement Board -- Section 844. Technical Amendments to Eliminate Obsolete Provisions -- Section 845. Reporting Requirements to Congress -- Report on Fraud and Improper Payment Prevention Activities -- Report on Work-Related Continuing Disability Reviews -- Report on Overpayment Waivers

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Social security--United States

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