Medicare and Social Security require difficult reforms to manage national deficits, prompting discussion of the national debt crisis.
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Medicare and Social Security require difficult reforms to manage national deficits, prompting discussion of the national debt crisis.
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Both Medicare and Social Security face deficits requiring difficult national reforms.1 source
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Related events
- Paul Ryan proposed reforms to trim the deficit in 2011.
- Congress must enact reforms to address the shortfall in the Social Security system.
- Congress is urged to consider increasing the Social Security tax cap, while both Congress and related entities are criticized for ignoring the fiscal crisis.
- A debt crisis is currently threatening federal entitlement programs.