Archive: Alicia H. Munnell
Medicare receives too little attention. While the Trustees’ Report on Social Security makes headlines, commentary on Medicare is relegated to the back pages. Yet Medicare is a huge and growing program, operating in an expensive environment. In 11 years, the country is slated to pay more for Medicare than Social Security…
How demographics and recent tax laws are squeezing Social Security. This year’s Social Security Trustees Report took a major step towards offering a more realistic assessment of Social Security’s financial status as the Trustees recognized that the fertility rate is not likely to rebound and that lower immigration and the GOP tax law known as…
