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The National Commission on Social Security Reform (NCSSR), chaired by Alan Greenspan, was empaneled to investigate the long-run solvency of Social Security. The 1983 Amendments to the SSA were based on the NCSSR's Final Report. [ 64 ]
If you're looking for insights into the current Social Security reform debate, a good place to start is the past. The program has been around nearly 90 years, since President Franklin Roosevelt ...
David Koitz, a 30-year veteran of the Congressional Research Service, echoed these remarks in his 2001 book Seeking Middle Ground on Social Security Reform: "The real choices for resolving the system's problems...require current lawmakers to raise revenue or cut spending—to change the law now to explicitly raise future taxes or constrain ...
The Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act of 1984 was signed into law by then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan on 9 October 1984. Its purpose was to ensure more accurate, consistent and uniform disability determination decisions under the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program, and to ensure that applicants were treated fairly and humanely. [1]
Legislation that would reform some aspects of Social Security is gaining steam in Congress. The measure, dubbed the Social Security Fairness Act, would do away with tax rules that proponents say ...
All Social Security recipients will soon receive a raise. On Oct. 10, 2024, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that benefits for more than 72.5 million people will increase by 2.5% ...
1984 - Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act of 1984, Pub. L. 98–460 1985 - Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act , Pub. L. 99–177 1986 - Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 , Pub. L. 99–509
The full retirement age (FRA) for Social Security was 65 when the program was created in the 1930s, but reforms made in 1983 gradually increased the FRA from age 65 to 67 in two-month increments ...