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Social Security is slipping closer to insolvency

Publié par Clifford Armion le 24/04/2012

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Noam N. Levey

WASHINGTON — The nation's Social Security and Medicare programs are sliding closer to insolvency, the federal government warned in a new report underscoring the fiscal challenges facing the two mammoth retirement programs as baby boomers begin to retire.
Medicare, which will provide health insurance to more than 50 million elderly and disabled Americans this year, is expected to start operating in the red in its largest fund in 2024, according to the annual assessment by the trustees charged with overseeing the programs. That's unchanged from last year.
And the Social Security trust fund, which will provide assistance to more than 45 million people in 2012, will be unable under current trends to fulfill its obligations in 2033, three years earlier than projected last year.
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"Social Security is slipping closer to insolvency", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), avril 2012. Consulté le 29/03/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/social-security-is-slipping-closer-to-insolvency