Social Security Funding
The latest news and developments affecting Social Security funding, and how legislative moves may help or hurt the program.
Trustees: Medicare Hospital Fund Could Run Dry In 2019
By Staff WriterThe main Social Security trust fund, the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance fund, might not run out of cash until 2041, but the main Medicare fund, ...
January 20, 2008
Feds Struggle To Fix Disability Determination ProcessThe Social Security Administration is suspending much of a disability claim reform effort it has been testing in Boston.The Boston pilot program, launched in 2006, ...
January 07, 2008
Feds Struggle To Fix Disability Determination ProcessThe Social Security Administration is suspending much of a disability claim reform effort it has been testing in Boston.The Boston pilot program, launched in 2006, ...
December 10, 2007
CBO Looks At Keeping SCHIP As IsThe Congressional Budget Office is getting many requests for an estimate of the cost of maintaining current State Children's Health Insurance Program enrollment levels, CBO ...
December 10, 2007
CBO Looks At Keeping SCHIP As IsThe Congressional Budget Office is getting many requests for an estimate of the cost of maintaining current State Children's Health Insurance Program enrollment levels, CBO ...
December 06, 2007
Giving: Minnesota Blue, Independence BlueA foundation affiliated with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota recently awarded $1.1 million in 2007 grants.The Eagan, Minn., foundation gave the biggest grant, ...
May 31, 2007
PBGC Drafts Variable Premium RegsThe Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp. has released a proposed rule that would implement a defined benefit plan provision of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 ...
May 30, 2007
More Social-Issue Shareholder ResolutionsThe Social Investment Forum (SIF) reported May 30 that investors are filing a record number of social and environmental shareholder resolutions this year, led by resolutions on climate change, increased disclosure of political contributions and trade and association ties, and enhanced sustainability reporting, citing data from Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS).