The 2014 Trustees Report updates projections about the future finances of Social Security's two trust funds. The Disability Insurance (DI) trust fund, which is legally separate from the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund, will require legislative action soon to ensure that all...

The contributions that workers pay for Social Security have been temporarily reduced under legislation designed to get money quickly into the hands of workers so they could spend it to help the nation out of the Great Recession. This “payroll tax holiday” is scheduled to end on December 31....

Currently, 8.8 million disabled workers (and nearly 2 million of their children) receive Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits. For many, DI benefits are nearly all the income they have. The DI trust fund reserves are projected to be depleted in 2016, after which tax revenues coming...

The 2013 Trustees Report updates projections about the future finances of Social Security's two trust funds. The Disability Insurance (DI) trust fund, which is legally separate from the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund, requires legislative action soon to ensure that all...

To better understand Americans' perspectives on Social Security and their preferences regarding options to strengthen the program for the future, the National Academy of Social Insurance partnered with Mathew Greenwald & Associates to conduct a multigenerational study. The study included an...