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The Economic Observer - Column
Social Security is in financial difficulty, with the trust fund expected to run out of money by the year 2031, and the Medicare and Disability funds expected to be insolvent well before that. Possible solutions might involve managed care and incentives to buy long-term-care insurance.See the full content of this document
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Seeking Social Security solutions.
EACH DAY, newspapers serve up economic headlines offering alternative remedies to reduce the growth, if not the magnitude, of the national deficit. Yet, in all of the magic bullets aimed to decrease that deficit, one program is untouchable--Social Security. It will remain holy as long as ...
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