The headline machine was in overdrive on Monday with the arrival of the latest Trustees’ Report on Social and Medicare. And while much of the media continues to herald the coming bankruptcy of Social, they do so at the risk of ignoring the real story—a story that is neither difficult to explain nor hard [...]
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The Social Security and Medicare trustees reports came out yesterday. Megan suggests that the entitlements can be funded but that there are "political risk" problems. Elsewhere in the blogosphere, Ezra Klein tackles the report, and ... Read Post
At Bloomberg Business Week, the distortion of what the Social Security system's trustees told the public on Monday began with its headline and opening sentence. The headline: "Social Security Fund to Run Out in '35: Trustees." Any r... Read Post
The trustees report for Social Security and Medicare shows that the slow recovery out of the Great Recession continues to damage the finances of the safety net programs. Read Post