Social Security Funding
The latest news and developments affecting Social Security funding, and how legislative moves may help or hurt the program.
MAP-21: The wrong course for pension plans?
By Marlene Y. SatterThe change was a godsend to companies experiencing cash flow issues, but Fitch Ratings, among others, doesn't think it's the best way to go.
June 25, 2013
House investigators: Disability judges are too laxClaims have increased by 25 percent since 2007, pushing the disability program to the brink of insolvency.
May 31, 2013
Trustees: Medicare trust fund exhausted in 2026This is two years later than what was projected last year.
May 31, 2013
Trustees: Medicare trust fund exhausted in 2026This is two years later than what was projected last year.
May 28, 2013
Foundation Trends on Giving Beam a Ray of Hope to Marginalized GroupsNonprofits and communities in need are benefiting from philanthropic giving trends, but whether these trends will persist is an open question.
May 20, 2013
Nonprofits to Foundations: Give Us More TransparencyNonprofit organizations want more transparency from the foundations that fund them, according to the Center for Effective Philanthropy.
April 22, 2013
Bedbugs invade hospitalsTry as they might, hospitals are having trouble discharging the little pests.
April 17, 2013
“I can’t do it”The effects of the sequestration are hitting the military just when America has been talking nonstop about its pivot to the Pacific.