Social Security Reform : Possible Effects on the Elderly Poor and Mitigation Options.
Analyzes projected effects of four possible approaches to mitigating the effects of social security benefit reductions on elderly poverty in 2042, the first full year of projected trust fund insolvency; as well as targeted spending toward elderly poor under each of the four approaches. Examines a po...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Summary: | Analyzes projected effects of four possible approaches to mitigating the effects of social security benefit reductions on elderly poverty in 2042, the first full year of projected trust fund insolvency; as well as targeted spending toward elderly poor under each of the four approaches. Examines a poverty-line social security minimum benefit, a sliding-scale social security minimum benefit, a poverty-line supplemental security income (SSI) benefit, and a poverty-line SSI benefit with liberalized eligibility. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |