The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security’s trust funds have moved up as rising health care costs and new legislation affecting Social Security benefits have contributed to closer projected depletion dates.

The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security ‘s trust funds have moved up as rising health care costs and new legislation affecting Social Security benefits have contributed to earlier projected depletion dates, according to an annual report released Wednesday.

The go-broke date — or the date at which the programs will no longer have enough funds to pay full benefits — was pushed up to 2033 for Medicare’s hospital insurance trust fund, according to the new report from the programs’ trustees. Last year’s report put the go-broke date at 2036.

Meanwhile, Social Security’s trust funds — which cover old age and disability recipients — will be unable to pay full benefits beginning in 2034, instead of last year’s estimate of 2035. After that point, Social Security would only be able to pay 81% of benefits.

  • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
    8·
    22 hours ago

    Over 25 years ago Canada realized we would be facing the same issue so the feds started a Canadian Pension fund to invest in stocks.

    Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) was created in 1997 by an Act of Parliament to respond to projections that the employee contributions to pay retirements benefits was not sustainable.

    It was determined that a professional investment management organization would be able to grow the fund through investment income to help ensure the CPP remains sustainable for the long term. CPP Investments prudently invests the amounts transferred to us by the CPP, helping to provide a foundation on which Canadians can build financial security in retirement.

    After an initial transfer of $12 million from the CPP, we began investing in publicly traded stocks in 1999.

    https://www.cppinvestments.com/faqs/

    • Gates9@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      13·
      22 hours ago

      We had pensions and they took them away from us and pushed us into 401K’s. Appropriate their assets. Liquidate if necessary. The threat is existential.