Charts
May 4, 2019
OASDI Beneficiary Percentages
Retired workers make up 70 percent of Social Security beneficiaries.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0243_oasdi-beneficiary-percentages
You are here
- (-) Remove Retirement Security filter Retirement Security
Topic:
- (-) Remove Retirement Security filter Retirement Security
The search found 42 results in 0.068 seconds.
Search results
Charts
May 4, 2019
Social Security Benefits Could be Cut by 20 Percent in 2035
Based on the Trustees’ projections, combined Social Security benefits could be cut by 20 percent in 2035 without legislative action
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0246_social-security-20-percent-cut
Charts
May 3, 2019
Worker-to-Beneficiary Ratio in the Social Security Program
As the population ages, fewer workers will be paying taxes to support each Social Security beneficiary.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0004_worker-benefit-ratio
Charts
May 3, 2019
Growing Social Security Deficits
Social Security will run a cumulative cash deficit of $2.9 trillion between now and 2035.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0030_social-security-deficits-gdp
Analysis
May 1, 2019
Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports
Every year the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees issue reports on the fiscal health of these vital programs.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/social-security-medicare-trustees-reports
Analysis
Apr 30, 2019
Trustees Warn: Social Security’s Total Costs Next Year to Exceed Income for First Time Since 1982
The report anticipates that in 2020 — for the first time since 1982 — the program’s total costs will exceed its total income.
Explainers
Apr 30, 2019
Budget Basics: How Does Social Security Work?
Social Security is the largest single program in the federal budget and makes up approximately one quarter of total federal spending.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/how-does-social-security-work
Blog Posts
Apr 23, 2019
Five Charts about the Future of Social Security and Medicare
The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports, which show that these vital programs are on an unsustainable path.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2019/04/five-charts-about-the-future-of-social-security-and-medicare
Press Releases & Statements
Apr 22, 2019
Peterson Foundation on Social Security, Medicare Trustees Reports: Doing Nothing Today Means Cuts Tomorrow
The latest trustees reports make clear that Social Security and Medicare beneficiaries face substantial cuts in the near future unless policymakers take action to make these vital programs solvent.
Blog Posts
Nov 29, 2018
What Is the National Debt Costing Us?
Programs that millions of Americans depend on and care about may be feeling a squeeze from interest costs on our high and rising national debt.