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June 29, 2026
Social Security spending
June 29, 2026
Why Social Security Gets Sicker As We Get Healthier

Knowing that our Social Security system will get sicker as we get healthlier and live longer, we can note Baby Boomer spending.

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June 10, 2026
Social Security spending
June 10, 2026
The Triple Whammy That Hit Social Security

Published on June 9th, the newest Social Security projections give us an even smaller window to enact solutions that maintain benefits.

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June 20, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Medicare worries
June 20, 2025
Why We Should Worry About Medicare

The 2025 Trustees Report on Social Security and Medicare shows us why our Medicare worries should be elevated.

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June 19, 2025
economic news roundup and Social Security worries
June 19, 2025
Why We Should Worry About Social Security

The newly released 2025 Trustees Report tells us that our Social Security worries have many reasons to be increasing.

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March 27, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and evaluating Social Security
March 27, 2025
What Social Security Really Needs

When evaluating Social Security, we can refer to Wall Street Journal headlines and an Australian think tank.

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March 18, 2025
economic news roundup and Social Security worries
March 18, 2025
What We Need to Know to Fix Social Security

When we talk about fixing Social Security, like all government efficiency, we need to know the numbers, the impact, and the tradeoffs.

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March 6, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and paying for the social welfare state
March 6, 2025
What Income Do We Depend On?

While the income we depend on varies with our age, our education , and our gender, social insurance is one common need.

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September 16, 2024
ageing populations
September 16, 2024
Why China Is Worried About Grandma

Looking at China's new retirement age, we see the solution to a problem that they share with many other countries.

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May 7, 2024
May 7, 2024
Our Most Recent Social Security Worries

Looking at the near and distant future, we should continue to worry about the Social Security projections in yesterday's 2024 Trustees Report.

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January 7, 2024
ageing populations
January 7, 2024
Why Future Grandmas Should Worry

Ranking the global retirements systems of 47 countries, a group in Australia placed . the Netherlands at the top.

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September 6, 2023
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Medicare worries
September 6, 2023
A Medicare Surprise

Whether looking back to 1965's predictions or at the past decade, Medicare spending has alwaya had some surprises.

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April 2, 2023
Social Security projections
April 2, 2023
Our Most Up-to-Date Social Security Worries

With the newest Trustees Report, Social Security projections indicate the Congress might echo its 1983 negotiations.

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