Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Elizabeth Bauer is an actuary who writes about retirement policy. After all, social insurance might sound like it is simply ...

Social Security’s Disability Insurance (SSDI) program has existed for nearly 60 years. Over that time, it has morphed from a relatively small-scale, anti-poverty program into a massive system that ...

Last year, program trustees projected that, beginning in 2033, Social Security’s trust fund will be depleted and insufficient to pay retirement benefits. Medicare faces an even more immediate crisis, ...

For nearly 100 years, the United States has maintained one of the world’s more successful models of social insurance, protecting Americans from the death of a spouse or parent, disability and old age ...

Rebecca D. Vallas, Director of Policy, Poverty to Prosperity Program, testified before the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee. Rebecca D. Vallas, Director of Policy, Poverty to Prosperity Program, ...

Social Security Disability Insurance has been a core pillar of our nation’s Social Security system for nearly six decades, offering critical protection when Americans need it most. Imagine that ...

The United States is unique among the world’s rich countries in lacking a comprehensive, universal social insurance system. This state of affairs is largely due to ideological opposition by Republican ...

Federal and state policymakers increasingly are interested in creating a public social insurance program for long-term care in the US. Even some Democratic presidential hopefuls have raised the issue, ...

The Department of Social Insurance has launched a new online application service aimed at improving efficiency and reducing red tape. From February 24 a range of applications must be submitted through ...