Social Security Funding
The latest news and developments affecting Social Security funding, and how legislative moves may help or hurt the program.
Why Social Security Looks 'Relatively Good' — for Now
By Ginger SzalaChief Actuary Steve Goss dug into the numbers, including inflation's impact on next year's COLA.
March 31, 2022
Wade Pfau: TIPS and Annuities Good Bets When Inflation Is HighChanging the Social Security COLA index to CPI-E from CPI-W, the professor says, is "not a pressing need."
March 30, 2022
Christine Benz: How Retirees Should Invest to Fight InflationOlder clients may be feeling inflation's effects less than others, Morningstar's personal finance director says.
March 29, 2022
Jamie Hopkins: Congress Will Fix Social Security — EventuallyThe retirement expert discusses inflation, CPI-E and how Social Security will fare going forward.
March 25, 2022
Alicia Munnell: Changing Social Security COLA Index 'Not Worth the Effort'"We have bigger fish to fry," like the depletion of the Social Security Trust Fund reserves, the retirement expert says.
March 15, 2022
A Hard Look at Raising the Retirement AgeThis change could bolster the Social Security system, but Marcia Mantell and other retirement experts caution that the reality is complicated.
December 28, 2021
What to Expect for Social Security in 2022Experts Jamie Hopkins, Marcia Mantell and Nancy Altman weigh in on what lies ahead for the retirement benefits program next year.
December 27, 2021
Should You Count on Social Security?The program's looming insolvency is pushing Congress to consider benefit cuts or tax hikes; the answer lies more with the Social Security Trust Funds.