The Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund pays retirement, spousal, and survivors benefits. Before President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law, the OASI Trust Fund was expected to be insolvent by 2033, at which point only 79% of scheduled benefits would have been payable.
A number of these individuals simply did not file for Social Security benefits because there was no point and, as a result, they are not in SSA’s computer systems. The Congressional Budget Office expects SSA will have to process new applications as a ...
With the clock is ticking on the Social Security Trust Fund, Reps. George Latimer and Mike Lawler say more time is needed to study the options.
President-elect Donald Trump's plans to protect Social Security benefits could give retirees more money in their pockets, but it could also deplete the program's funds more quickly over the long term.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its latest 10-year budget outlook, which projected the U.S. is on track to break a notable debt record in just four years.
while citing a projection from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimating the move would cost upward of $190 billion over a decade. The CBO also projected in a letter late last year that Social Security’s trust funds could “be exhausted roughly ...
Undocumented workers often pay taxes that help fund programs like Social Security — even if they can’t collect from them in the future.
New law means police officers, teachers and others with public pensions will now collect their full Social Security benefits.
The Social Security Fairness Act eliminates two provisions that reduced Social Security benefits for some retirees who also received pension income.
About 400,000 California Social Security recipients should be eligible for new Social Security benefits — retroactive to December 2023 — under legislation signed into law this week by President Joe Biden.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected on Friday that the federal budget deficit would hit $1.9 trillion in fiscal year 2025. The nonpartisan budget scorekeeper estimated that federal
Republicans on the House Budget Committee are considering more than 200 potential budget cuts, tax breaks, tariffs and changes to programs like Medicare and Social Security in preparation for