Many proposals designed to reduce federal budget deficits include retirement policy reforms that would delay workers’ access to retirement benefits or reduce the value of benefits to those who retire early. Such reforms would have adverse consequences for the economic well-being of older...

People with disabilities often require substantial medical services and supports to lead fulfilling lives. Health care expenditures for working-age people with disabilities are almost four times the expenditures of their counterparts without disabilities, about $8,300 per year in 2003, compared...