Most of the information in this section comes from the 2006 Social Security Trusties report - "Summary of Reports" available in the website identified below
U.S. Treasury - Office Of Economic Policy - Social Security Reports
This page addresses the long range solvency of the Trust Funds - See the Health Tab for discussion of Health Costs
In other words, when are the Current Revenues and the Trust Fund Reserves not going to be able to meat demand
| Key Dates for the Trust Funds - Trustee Rpt Page 8 | ||
| OASDI | HI | |
 First Year outgo exceeds income excluding interest |
2017 | 2007 |
| First Year outgo exceeds income including interest | 2027 | 2011 |
| Year Trust Fund assets are exhausted | 2041 | 2019 |
In other words - we have to pay attention but we are not in a crisis
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The graph to the right is from the Social Security Trustee's 2007 report obtained from the US Treasury Link above. A key measurement is the 100% highlighted line which signifies when yearly money collected equals the money dispersed in the programs. Note the Hospital Insurance (HI) starts depleting the reserve after 2013 and depletes the reserve about 2018. Hence according to this chart the real problem is for Medicare Part A is about 2020 |
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