Critics Continue Fight Two Unpopular Social Security Provisions

What You Need To Know

• A House panel held another hearing on the much-debated Social Security windfall elimination provision and the program's government pension offset rules.
• Much of the criticism pertains to the way the Social Security benefits of spouses of longtime government workers can be affected by WEP and GPO.
• The bigger topic of Social Security insolvency in the early to mid-2030s also came up time and again in the hearing.