Henry J. Aaron

Oct 2, 2024 | brookings.edu | Henry J. Aaron

That Social Security (aka Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance or OASDI) faces financial trouble is hardly news. For more than two decades annual reports of the Social Security Trustees, widely reported by national media, have conveyed the message that outlays would outpace revenues and that previously accumulated Trust Fund balances would be depleted not long after 2030. The most recent projection puts the depletion date at 2035.

Jul 26, 2023 | brookings.edu | Henry J. Aaron |Katherine Baicker

Henry J. Aaron, Katherine Baicker July 26, 2023 Editor's note: A version of this article was originally published by The Hill on July 12, 2023.

Jul 12, 2023 | msn.com | Henry J. Aaron |Katherine Baicker

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed tragic shortcomings in the American public health system, but it also posed a major challenge to our social safety net programs, from Medicare and Medicaid to unemployment insurance to Social Security, and more.

Jul 12, 2023 | thehill.com | Henry J. Aaron |Katherine Baicker

The Covid-19 pandemic revealed tragic shortcomings in the American public health system, but it also posed a major challenge to our social safety net programs — from Medicare and Medicaid to unemployment insurance to Social Security and more.