October 20, 2009
Obama's $250 Bonus Turns Social Security into Welfare
By David C. John
(WebMemo #2655)
President Obama wants to give each Social Security recipient $250. But this would start converting the program to a welfare program.
September 29, 2009
Social Security's Unexpected Deficits Show Urgent Need for Reform
By David C. John
(WebMemo #2632)
Social Security's deficits are likely to be permanent, and the only way out of this cash crunch is to fix the program.
June 30, 2009
Entitlement Reform Is Necessary for Long-Term Fiscal Stability
By Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Gordon Gray
(Backgrounder #2291)
Entitlement spending is projected to exceed 20 percent of GDP by 2060. Furthermore, the U.S. will be spending a crushing 22 percent of GDP to ...
June 30, 2009
Executive Summary: Entitlement Reform Is Necessary for Long-Term Fiscal Stability
By Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Gordon Gray
(Executive Summary #2291)
Entitlement spending is projected to exceed 20 percent of GDP by 2060. Furthermore, the U.S. will be spending a crushing 22 percent of GDP to ...
June 29, 2009
Entitlements Darken Long-Term Outlook for Federal Budget
By Nicola Moore
(WebMemo #2510)
Congress ought to take the warnings issued in the CBO's "Long-Term Budget Outlook" seriously.
May 27, 2009
Trustees Reports Highlight Pressing Need to Reform Entitlement Programs
By Nicola Moore
(WebMemo #2458)
The fact that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are on an unsustainable course was reconfirmed by the latest annual reports from the Social Security and ...
May 13, 2009
2009 Social Security Trustees Report Continues to Show the Urgency of Reform
By David C. John
(WebMemo #2439)
The 2009 Social Security Trustees Report was released on May 12. This paper explains the important facts and answers the frequently asked questions about Social ...
January 29, 2009
Mutual Obligation and the American Social Contract
By Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D.
(Heritage Lecture #1107)
Simple steps like automatic enrollment in savings plans, incentives to encourage long-term care insurance, and delinking coverage from the workplace would foster long-term, personally owned ...
October 15, 2008
Obama's and McCain's Budget Proposals Lack Detail
By Brian M. Riedl
(WebMemo #2102)
Both Barack Obama and John McCain have produced budget plans that focus on short-term goals, and both their plans lack detail on how to achieve ...
September 4, 2008
CBO's Social Security Projections Differ from Trustees—but We're Still in Trouble
By Nicola Moore
(WebMemo #2049)
Given the uncertainty involved in long-term economic projections, the fact that CBO and Trustees estimates of the year of deficits and insolvency are actually fairly ...
June 27, 2008
CBO's Warning on Raising Taxes to Pay for Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security
By Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #2153)
Three former CBO directors and other budget analysts from across the political spectrum have urged a fundamental restructuring of Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security to ...
June 25, 2008
The SAFE Commission Act (H.R. 3654) and the Long-Term Fiscal Challenge
By Alison Acosta Fraser
(Testimony )
Testimony before the Committee on the Budget, United States House of Representatives.
June 19, 2008
Courageous Reforms in Ryan's Entitlements Road Map: Where Is the Democratic Response?
By J. D. Foster
(WebMemo #1958)
For years, political deadlock has stymied pressing reforms from health care to taxes to entitlements. Congressman Paul Ryan (R–WI), ranking member of the House Budget ...
March 31, 2008
Taking Back our Fiscal Future
By Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D., Alison Acosta Fraser and Other Authors
(White Paper )
Taking Back our Fiscal Future
March 26, 2008
2008 Social Security Trustees Report Continues to Show the Urgent Need for Reform
By David C. John
(WebMemo #1868)
David C. John answers frequently asked questions about Social Security's financial outlook.
March 25, 2008
Medicare and Social Security: The Challenge of Giant Entitlement Costs
By David C. John and Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1867)
Today's report affirms the need for Congress to begin a serious overhaul of both of these vital programs.
February 25, 2008
Tax Hikes, Economic Clouds, and Silver Linings: A Review of Deficits and the Economy
By J. D. Foster, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #2095)
Recent empirical work using different approaches affirms the traditional view that there is a clear and robust relationship between lower taxes and higher economic output. ...
February 25, 2008
Executive Summary: Tax Hikes, Economic Clouds, and Silver Linings: A Review of Deficits and the Economy
By J. D. Foster, Ph.D.
(Executive Summary #2095)
Executive Summary: Recent empirical work using different approaches affirms the traditional view that there is a clear and robust relationship between lower taxes and higher ...
February 19, 2008
Rethinking Social Insurance
By Stuart M. Butler and Maya MacGuineas
(White Paper )
The single greatest threat to the fiscal health of the United States is the runaway growth of the nation's major retirement and health care entitlement ...
October 15, 2007
Congress Should Act on Social Security "No Match" Sharing for Immigration Enforcement
By James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1663)
Rather than wait for a court battle to resolve the issue, Congress should craft legislation making it more difficult for persons unlawfully present in the ...
September 24, 2007
Congress Should Add Auto-Enrollment to the Thrift Savings Plan, But Resist Interfering in Its Investment Choices
By David. C. John
(WebMemo #1637)
While making enrollment in TSP easier, Congress should avoid policies that risk distracting the TSP from its core mission of improving the retirement incomes of ...
August 29, 2007
Restoring the American Social Contract
By Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D.
(Heritage Lecture #1039)
Returning to the principles of mutual obligation within a financially responsible framework will restore the American social contract to its original principles as a bargain ...
April 24, 2007
2007 Social Security Trustees Report Shows the Urgency of Reform
By David C. John
(WebMemo #1429)
This briefing explains the important facts and answers the frequently asked questions about Social Security's financial outlook.
April 24, 2007
The Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report Again—And Again Problems Have Worsened
By JD Foster, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1430)
The financial condition of Medicare and Social Security is terrible and got significantly worse with another year of legislative inactivity.
January 23, 2007
Raising the Wage Cap No Painless Solution to Social Security’s Fiscal Woes
By David C. John and Rea S. Hederman, Jr.
(WebMemo #1319)
Raising payroll taxes is the wrong solution to Social Security’s long term financing problem, and it is not the way to achieve retirement security for ...
July 28, 2006
Pension Protection Act's Special Treatment for Airlines and Other Industries Merits a Veto
By David C. John
(WebMemo #1182)
A veto would reduce the chance that companies could transfer the costs of their pension obligations to the taxpayer.
July 12, 2006
Real Estate Investment Bill Risks Slippery Slope for Thrift Savings Plan
By David C. John
(WebMemo #1155)
H.R. 1578, introduced by Rep. Jon Porter (R-NV) with 177 cosponsors, would require the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), a part of the federal government's employee ...
June 29, 2006
Increasing Retirement Security Through Automatic IRAs
By David C. John and J. Mark Iwry
(Testimony )
With the looming retirement security crisis facing our country, policy-makers from both parties are focused on ways to strengthen pensions and increase savings. Our proposal ...
May 3, 2006
Avoiding the Next Taxpayer Bailout: A Strong Pension Bill or No Pension Bill
By David John
(WebMemo #1056)
Special treatment of the airline industry mars pension reform legislation.
May 1, 2006
Medicare and Social Security: Big Entitlement Costs on the Horizon
By David C. John and Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1054)
Social Security and Medicare have promised $37 trillion more in benefits to senior and disabled workers than the programs will be able to pay.
March 27, 2006
Public Policy in the Age of Entitlements
By William W. Beach
(Heritage Lecture #931)
The present value of the crisis in U.S. pension and health programs exceeds by five times the current size of the U.S. economy. Social Security ...
February 12, 2006
Pursuing Universal Retirement Security Through Automatic IRAs (Draft)
By J. Mark Iwry and David C. John
(White Paper #02122006)
This paper proposes an ambitious but practical set of retirement savings initiatives to expand dramatically retirement savings in the United States—especially to those not currently ...
October 5, 2005
Special Treatment for Airlines Flaws a Strong Senate Pension Bill
By David C. John
(WebMemo #872)
If Congress fails to act responsibly, pensions will be at risk and taxpayers will be on the hook for a massive bailout.
September 27, 2005
Guaranteeing Retirees' Social Security Benefits: An Important First Step Toward Reform
By David C. John
(WebMemo #864)
Fixing Social Security will not affect today's senior citizens. A guarantee would make this clear.
September 22, 2005
Voinovich Repeats Bill Clinton's Mistake
By David C. John
(WebMemo #858)
Government investment of Social Security's surpluses is still a bad idea.
July 29, 2005
Improving Retirement Security: Three Reforms
By David C. John
(Executive Summary )
Social Security is only one part of a comprehensive approach to retirement security.
July 29, 2005
"Stop the Raid": Fiction vs. Fact
By The Heritage Foundation
(Executive Summary )
Truth about the DeMint/GROW proposal to create accounts with Social Security's surplus.
July 28, 2005
The House Pension Reform Bill: A Good, But Not Perfect, Start
By David C. John and Rea S. Hederman, Jr.
(WebMemo #867)
While the bill would give a boost to pensions and PBGC, it still leaves several loopholes wide open.
July 27, 2005
AmeriSave: Recycled Good Ideas that Avoid the Main Problem
By David C. John
(WebMemo #807)
There are some good ideas here, but nothing new and nothing significant.
July 12, 2005
Beyond Just Social Security: The Need To Fix Our Pension System
By David C. John
(WebMemo #792)
How to strengthen the other pillars of retirement security.
June 30, 2005
Hispanic Workers Should Back Personal Accounts
By William W. Beach and Andrew M. Grossman
(WebMemo #782)
Contrary to a recent report, Hispanics would benefit from personal accounts.
June 24, 2005
DeMint Plan Uses the Social Security Surplus for Retirement Instead of More Federal Spending
By David C. John
(WebMemo #773)
A good first step to promote fiscal honesty and ownership.
June 23, 2005
Social Security Reform Is Crucial for Small-Business Entrepreneurs
By James Morrison, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1864)
Personal accounts offer two fundamental advantages for small business: actions that the government would not have to take (unnecessarily raising taxes or cutting Social Security ...
June 23, 2005
Executive Summary: Social Security Reform Is Crucial for Small-Business Entrepreneurs
By James Morrison, Ph.D.
(Executive Summary #1864)
Executive Summary: Personal accounts offer two fundamental advantages for small business: actions that the government would not have to take (unnecessarily raising taxes or cutting ...
June 21, 2005
The Likely Economic Effects of Solving Social Security's Financial Imbalance Through Revenue Enhancements
By William W. Beach
(Testimony )
The Subcommittee on Social Security of the House Ways and Means Committee.
June 14, 2005
Appropriate Investments for Social Security Personal Retirement Accounts
By David C. John
(Testimony )
A simple and effective administrative structure is essential to the success of a PRA system. Proba¬bly the simplest and cheapest structure would be to use ...
June 14, 2005
Public Pension Reform in the United Kingdom: Lessons for Americans
By David C. John
(Testimony )
In 1997, just eight years ago, reforms made to the United Kingdom's pension system under both Conservative Party and Labour Party governments were regarded as ...
June 7, 2005
A "Supply-Side" Success Story
By Daniel J. Mitchell
(WebMemo #755)
Why is the 2003 tax cut working so much better than the 2001 tax cut?
June 7, 2005
Are Pensions the Next Fiscal Crisis?
By David C. John, Tim Kane, Ph.D., and Rea S. Hederman, Jr.
(WebMemo #756)
A federal pension bailout could cost $100 billion if Congress doesn't act soon.
May 17, 2005
Courageous Folly: The Democrats' First Plan To Fix Social Security
By Rea S. Hederman, Jr.
(WebMemo #747)
Rep. Wexler deserves credit for stepping forward with a plan...even a misguided one.
May 2, 2005
How the President's Plan Benefits Younger Workers
By Rea S. Hederman, Jr.
(WebMemo #734)
Even with slower growth of benefits, younger workers win out.
May 2, 2005
Bush's Progressive Indexation Plan: A Key Step to Preserve Social Security
By David C. John and Stuart Butler
(WebMemo #733)
A fair and equitable way to fix Social Security.
April 28, 2005
Building Assets for Low-Income Families
By David C. John
(Testimony )
A growing body of research has shown a con¬nection between asset accumulation and several positive intergenerational effects, especially among lower-income families. These reports usually emphasize ...
April 22, 2005
Keep the Social Security Wage Cap: Nearly a Million Jobs Hang in the Balance
By Rea S. Hederman, Jr., Tracy L. Foertsch, Ph.D., and Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D.
(Center for Data Analysis Report #05-04)
Eliminating the cap on taxable earnings would merely delay Social Security's insolvency by seven years. Even after implementing this tax increase, the OASI program in ...
April 19, 2005
Reversing the Bush Tax Cuts Would Not Fix Social Security
By Rea S. Hederman, Jr., and Andrew Grossman
(Backgrounder #1844)
President Bush's 2001 and 2003 tax cuts stimulated investment and expanded employment, adding some strength to the Social Security system in the process. Extending these ...
April 19, 2005
Raising the Social Security Wage Cap Would Hurt Small Businesses
By Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D., J. Scott Moody, and Ralph A. Rector, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1845)
Raising the Social Security wage cap would not fix Social Security's finances, but it would directly increase taxes for 3 million small-business owners by as ...
April 18, 2005
The Bush Plan To Reform Social Security: Case Studies from the Heritage PRA Calculator
By Rea S. Hederman, Jr.
(WebMemo #726)
Three examples of how the Bush plan would affect regular people.
April 11, 2005
Government-Controlled Investment: The Wrong Answer to the Wrong Question
By Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1841)
The AARP and other interests want to have the government make private investments in order to increase government's control of national economic output. This would ...
March 29, 2005
What Could Have Been: How PRAs Would Have Benefited the Baby Boomers
By Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1836)
If workers retiring this year had been allowed to put part of their payroll taxes into personal retirement accounts, their retirement income would be approximately ...
March 29, 2005
The President's Savings Plans: Good for Retirees?and Everyone Else
By Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #704)
Social Security can be helped by allowing workers to invest part of their payroll taxes in their own accounts while also removing barriers to saving ...
March 24, 2005
A Guide to the 2005 Social Security Trustees' Report
By David C. John
(WebMemo #702)
The annual report of the Social Security's Trustees was released to the public March 23. This briefing provides the important facts in order to get ...
March 21, 2005
Social Security's Inevitable Future
By David C. John
(WebMemo #696)
What year the deficits start matters less than the deficits themselves.
March 17, 2005
Raising the Social Security Wage Cap Would Hurt Small Business
By Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D., and J. Scott Moody
(WebMemo #694)
Raising the payroll tax cap would impact millions of small businesses, slow economic activity, and cost jobs.
March 17, 2005
Raising Returns on Trust Fund Bonds: Simple, Easy To Explain, and Completely Wrong
By David C. John
(WebMemo #695)
Why not just increase interest on the Trust Fund bonds?
March 14, 2005
Add-On Accounts: At Best, a Bad Fix for Social Security
By David C. John
(WebMemo #686)
No matter how they're structured, add-on accounts are a bad deal.
March 7, 2005
AARP's Social Security Plan Would Raise Taxes for AARP Members Without Fixing Social Security
By Rea Hederman, Jr., and Tracy Foertsch
(WebMemo #678)
AARP's Social Security plan would raise taxes on its members and threaten their jobs.
March 4, 2005
Michael Kinsley's "Meathead Proposition" Reveals Why Actors Make Poor Financial Advisors
By David C. John
(WebMemo #677)
Another 'irrefutable' argument bites the dust.
March 3, 2005
Social Security State Reports
By The Heritage Foundation
(WebMemo )
How will Social Security reform affect your state?
March 2, 2005
How Today's Social Security Works
By David C. John
(Backgrounder #1827)
Few people understand how Social Security operates. In many cases, the meanings of terms used (e.g., trust fund) are different from the meanings conveyed when ...
March 2, 2005
Executive Summary: How Today's Social Security Works
By David C. John
(Executive Summary #1827)
Executive Summary: Few people understand how Social Security operates. In many cases, the meanings of terms used (e.g., trust fund) are different from the meanings ...
February 24, 2005
Social Security and the Baby Boomers: What Could Have Been
By Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #673)
With personal accounts, the baby boomers would have been even wealthier today.
February 16, 2005
Raising the Social Security Payroll Tax Cap Does Not Fix Social Security
By David C. John
(WebMemo #667)
Raising the wage cap would just make Social Security a greater burden.
February 16, 2005
Government-Controlled Investment: The Wrong Answer to the Wrong Question (draft)
By Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.
(WebMemo )
A government-controlled pension fund would not make investments solely for the economic benefit of future retirees.
February 10, 2005
What If the Baby Boomers Had Personal Retirement Accounts? An Analysis of Retirement Security for Americans Age 40–58
By Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D.
(Center for Data Analysis Report #05-02)
If Social Security personal retirement accounts had been available to baby boomers, they would have substantially increased the baby boomers' net worth, especially among low-wealth ...
February 10, 2005
Behind Social Security's Big Numbers
By Andrew Grossman
(WebMemo #662)
All these big numbers--what do they mean?
February 5, 2005
PRA Basics: How the President's Plan Prevents Unfair Double-Dipping
By David C. John
(WebMemo #654)
A simple mechanism to ensure that retirees get their fair returns.
February 4, 2005
Would Social Security Reform Lead to a 40 Percent Cut in Benefits?
By David C. John and Keith Miller
(WebMemo #652)
Political rhetoric aside, the answer is no.
February 4, 2005
PRA Basics: Locking in Earnings with Lifespan Accounts
By David C. John
(WebMemo #653)
Accounts that automatically rebalance will provide those near retirement with security.
February 3, 2005
The State of the Union: A New Frontier of Freedom
By Michael Franc
(WebMemo #649)
The President opens a new frontier of freedom on the domestic front.
February 3, 2005
Bold and Responsible: The President's Plan To Improve Retirement Security
By David C. John
(WebMemo #650)
This is leadership.
February 3, 2005
Fixing Social Security
By David C. John
(Testimony )
Social Security is an extremely important part of a larger debate about retirement and overall retirement security. As the basis for retirement income security in ...
January 19, 2005
Rising Benefit Levels Drive Social Security's Fiscal Crisis
By Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #640)
Whether or not reform goes through, benefit growth must be slowed.
January 13, 2005
The Unacceptable Costs of Raising Payroll Taxes to "Save" Social Security
By Rea S. Hederman, Jr., William W. Beach, and Andrew Grossman
(WebMemo #639)
Small fixes turn out not to be so small.
January 10, 2005
The President Should Take Charge on Social Security Reform
By David C. John
(WebMemo #636)
On some issues, the president must lead.
November 17, 2004
How to Fix Social Security
By David C. John
(Backgrounder #1811)
A conservative plan to create personal retirement accounts and save Social Security from insolvency.
November 17, 2004
Executive Summary: How to Fix Social Security
By David C. John
(Executive Summary #1811)
October 25, 2004
Dividend Policy and the 2003 Tax Cut: Preliminary Evidence
By Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D., and Ralph A. Rector, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #594)
Research suggests that these tax cuts did influence corporate behavior.
September 30, 2004
The Top 10 Myths About Social Security Reform
By David C. John
(Backgrounder #1802)
Looking at the actual facts about Social Security and personal retirement accounts (PRAs) shows that the arguments against PRAs are either incorrect or irrelevant to ...
September 30, 2004
Executive Summary: The Top 10 Myths About Social Security Reform
By David C. John
(Executive Summary #1802)
September 24, 2004
Manipulating Numbers: The Mythical $940 Billion Fee for Social Security Personal Retirement Accounts
By David C. John
(WebMemo #573)
A 'windfall' for the financial industry? Get real.
September 10, 2004
Using Social Security Personal Retirement Accounts to Create Family Nest Eggs
By David C. John
(Backgrounder #1785)
A reformed Social Security with personal retirement accounts can do much more than reducing the program's coming fiscal problems. It would also allow workers to ...
September 10, 2004
Peace of Mind in Retirement: Making Future Generations Better Off by Fixing Social Security
By William W. Beach, Alfredo B. Goyburu, Ralph A. Rector, Ph.D., David C. John, Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D., and Thomas Bingel
(Center for Data Analysis Report #04-06)
American workers could accumulate wealth in the thousands (in some cases, hundreds of thousands) of dollars through a Social Security reform that includes personal retirement ...
September 2, 2004
Misleading the Public: How the Social Security Trust Fund Really Works
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #940)
There is no cash in the Social Security trust fund, and there never has been any. The best way to fix Social Security, so that ...
September 2, 2004
The Seven Principles of Social Security Reform
By David C. John
(WebMemo #557)
These seven principles outline how real Social Security reform would resolve Social Security's problems and provide workers with greater retirement security.
September 2, 2004
A Poor Critique: Personal Retirement Accounts and Transition Costs
By Alison Acosta Fraser
(WebMemo #559)
The President laid out his vision, and the critics are ready to pounce. But do their arguments add up?
April 16, 2004
Final Pension Agreement Places Corporate Interests Above Taxpayer Interests
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #924)
The Pension Funding Equity Act constitutes corporate welfare and is a step toward a multi-billion dollar taxpayer-sponsored pension plan bailout. Several industries receive significant exemptions ...
March 25, 2004
A Guide to the New 2004 Social Security Trustees' Report
By David C. John
(WebMemo #459)
On March 23, 2004, the latest annual report of the Social Security's Trustees was released to the public. Most stories about this report focused on ...
March 25, 2004
Providing Social Security Benefits in the Future: A Review of the Social Security System and Plans to Reform It
By David C. John
(Backgrounder #1735)
Most summaries and studies examine Social Security reform from the viewpoint of federal budget impact, tax rates, and the survivability of the system, but few ...
March 25, 2004
Executive Summary: Providing Social Security Benefits in the Future: A Review of the Social Security System and Plans to Reform It
By David C. John
(Executive Summary #1735)
Executive Summary: Most summaries and studies examine Social Security reform from the viewpoint of federal budget impact, tax rates, and the survivability of the system, ...
February 8, 2004
The Forgotten Savings Plans
By Norbert Michel, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #417)
This year may be the second in a row that one of the President's best ideas remains largely unnoticed: his proposed savings plans.
January 21, 2004
Social Security Reform: And Now for the Hard Part
By David C. John
(WebMemo #393)
President George W. Bush's pledge in his State of the Union Address to make Social Security reform a priority is a welcome step. For the ...
November 6, 2003
Ways & Means Tax Bill a Step in the Right Direction
By Dan Mitchell
(WebMemo #361)
The Committee on Ways and Means recently approved a bill recently that repeals the preferential tax rate for export-related corporate income: the Extraterritorial Income Act ...
October 29, 2003
The Pension Underfunding Crisis: How Effective Have Funding Reforms Been?
By David C. John
(Testimony #1003)
What a difference a year makes. Last year, there was a great deal of discussion about the "dangers" of 401k retirement plans and other types ...
October 14, 2003
America's Pensions: The Next Saving and Loan Crisis?
By David C. John
(Testimony )
Congress should consider a close examination of the entire retirement situation ranging from Social Security to private pension plans to incentives for people to work ...
September 17, 2003
Congress Should Revive KidSave as an Innovative Step Toward Better Retirement Security
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #899)
Senator Robert Kerrey's KidSave plan, especially if improved to allow workers to divert a portion of their Social Security retirement taxes into KidSave accounts in ...
May 29, 2003
Six Important Rules for Real Social Security Reform
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #884)
Real Social Security reform should not only protect current retirees' benefits, but also provide higher retirement income for working Americans, regardless of whether Washington faces ...
May 28, 2003
Social Security Reform Must Protect the Benefits of the Disabled
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #883)
Establishing personal retirement accounts within Social Security does not require any changes in Social Security's Disability Insurance program. Even though both that program and Social ...
March 19, 2003
Telling Americans the Truth About Social Security: The Straight Talk About Social Security Act
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #866)
Proposed changes in the SSA's "Your Social Security Statement" would give Americans user-friendly access to information previously hidden in highly technical publications of the SSA, ...
March 17, 2003
A Guide to the new 2003 Social Security Trustees' Report
By David C. John
(WebMemo #221)
This briefing gives you an idea of how to get to the important facts behind the obvious in order to get a real picture of ...
March 17, 2003
Social Security: Texas Teachers Learn to Cheat
By David C. John
(WebMemo #222)
Explores the question: Why would Texas teachers use a questionable loophole in the law to get Social Security benefits that they are not qualified for? ...
March 3, 2003
Why Reforming Social Security Is Not About Saving the Trust Fund
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #864)
Congress see the sole objective of reform as increasing its size and extending the date when it will run out of its paper assets. This ...
February 6, 2003
President Bush's Tax Plan Would Improve the Ability to Deal with Future Social Security Deficits
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #858)
President George W. Bush's proposed tax cut plan would increase economic growth and make it easier to afford the additional money required for Social Security ...
February 3, 2003
The Economic and Fiscal Effects of Ending the Federal Double Taxation of Dividends
By Norbert J. Michel, Alfredo Goyburu, and Ralph Rector, Ph.D.
(Center for Data Analysis Report #Working Paper)
Economic analysts at the Center for Data Analysis (CDA) at The Heritage Foundation found, in a study of a dividend reform proposal similar to President ...
February 3, 2003
Reforming Social Security: A Change in the Climate of Opinion
By William G. Shipman
(Heritage Lecture #776)
One solution to the significant problem of recordkeeping, for example, would be to structure investment options, not all of which require timely and detailed contribution ...
January 16, 2003
How a U.S.-Mexico Social Security Agreement Can Benefit Both Nations
By David C. John and Stephen Johnson
(Executive Memorandum #849)
The U.S.–Mexico Social Security totalization agreement that is now being negotiated provides an opportunity to boost sagging relations and benefit both countries without enacting complicated ...
January 7, 2003
Who Really Benefits from Dividend Tax Relief?
By Norbert J. Michel
(Center for Data Analysis Report #03-02)
The fact that many American hold equities in tax-deferred accounts will not, in the long run, diminish the impact of eliminating the double taxation of ...
November 19, 2002
Answering the Top 10 Myths About Social Security Reform
By David C. John
(Backgrounder #1613)
America's workers deserve a more informative debate on Social Security reform than they're getting. Personal retirement accounts can address the impending insolvency of the system ...
November 19, 2002
Answering the Top 10 Myths About Social Security Reform
By David C. John
(Executive Summary #1613)
bg1613es: Answering the Top 10 Myths About Social Security Reform
September 16, 2002
Continued Bear Markets Do Not Hurt the Case for Social Security Retirement Accounts
By David C. John
(Backgrounder #1587)
Social Security pays extremely low rates of return and faces significant financial problems. Even with market fluctuations, workers could expect to earn significantly more from ...
September 12, 2002
Social Security Basics
By The Heritage Foundation
(WebMemo #143)
A brief overview of the Social Security program.
March 29, 2002
A Guide to the New 2002 Social Security Trustees' Report
By David C. John
(WebMemo #91)
The important facts behind the obvious in order to get a real picture of Social Security's financial outlook.
March 8, 2002
Guaranteeing Retirees' Social Security Benefits: An Important First Step Toward Reform
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #804)
Congress can and should provide senior citizens with assurance that they have nothing to fear from Social Security reform by guaranteeing their benefits in writing. ...
February 26, 2002
Perspectives on the European Pension Crises: Some Lessons for America
By Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D., Peter Peterson, Estelle James, Wilfried Prewo, David Harris, Michal Rutkowski
(Heritage Lecture #729)
Some agenda for pension reform is critical for all countries. But it is remarkable to consider how much has already changed in Central and Eastern ...
January 11, 2002
Social Security Commission Report Shows Value and Feasibility of Individual Accounts
By David C. John
(Backgrounder #1512)
Social Security personal retirement accounts would provide a vehicle for future generations to improve the rate of return on their Social Security taxes and to ...
October 17, 2001
Social Security Reform Helps Small Business
By James Morrison, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1494)
Small business has much to gain and very little to lose if Congress establishes Social Security personal retirement accounts. These accounts, which would allow taxpayers ...
October 17, 2001
Social Security Reform Helps Small Business
By James Morrison, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1494es)
BG1494es: Social Security Reform Helps Small Business
October 17, 2001
Removing Social Security's Tax Cap on Wages Would Do More Harm Than Good
By D. Mark Wilson
(Center for Data Analysis Report #01-07)
Eliminating the Social Security maximum taxable wage cap will do little good and too much economic harm.
September 10, 2001
The New Kolbe-Stenholm Plan: A Solid Framework for Reforming Social Security
By David C. John
(Backgrounder #1471)
The Kolbe-Stenholm proposal represents a very positive step toward serious Social Security reform. It would be fiscally responsible and would make many of the hard ...
August 30, 2001
A Look at Who Pays the Payroll Tax
By D. Mark Wilson
(Center for Data Analysis Report #01-06)
In order to make knowledgeable decisions regarding Social Security reform, it is particularly important for policymakers to understand the differences among those who pay the ...
August 23, 2001
Ten Deceptive Myths About Social Security, the Budget and the Economy
By Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1467)
lawmakers should focus on increasing economic growth and expanding prosperity by lowering tax rates and reducing the size of government. Yet these central matters are ...
August 22, 2001
Hispanic Americans' Growing Stake in Social Security Reform
By Naomi Lopez Bauman
(Backgrounder #1465)
Rather than attempting to perpetuate an outdated Social Security system that excludes Hispanics from fully participating in the American dream, lawmakers should pursue reforms that ...
August 21, 2001
The Myth of 40 Percent Benefit Reductions Under Social Security Reform
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #768)
Through 2038, American taxpayers are going to spend $5 trillion in additional tax dollars in order to pay for Social Security benefits that are already ...
August 15, 2001
How Personal Retirement Accounts Create Wealth for Low and Moderate-Income Families
By The Heritage Foundation
(WebMemo #30)
If Congress changes Social Security by allowing workers to invest a small portion of their payroll taxes in in their own Personal Retirement Accounts, their ...
July 26, 2001
Congress Should Give Retirees a Guarantee to Their Social Security Benefits
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #761)
Creating an explicit property right to Social Security retirement benefits would protect those who are least able to afford benefit reductions and give them the ...
July 26, 2001
Social Security Q&A With Heritage's Social Security Project Manager James Hamilton
By James Hamilton
(WebMemo #25)
Americans should follow the citizens of other countries, such as Britain and Sweden, in recognizing that the best way to achieve real income security during ...
May 1, 2001
Bear Markets Do Not Hurt the Case for Social Security Retirement Accounts
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #742)
Because Social Security still pays extremely low rates of return and faces significant financial problems, workers could expect to earn significantly more from personal retirement ...
April 26, 2001
A Commission Must Avoid the Wrong Social Security Debate: It's Not About Trust Funds
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #741)
Neither Congress nor President Bush's commission should waste time arguing the wrong Social Security debate. Talking about trust funds will neither save Social Security nor ...
March 13, 2001
The Straight Talk About Social Security Act: Telling Americans the Truth About Social Security Benefits
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #728)
The Straight Talk About Social Security Act
February 26, 2001
Protecting Benefits for the Disabled in Social Security Reform
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #722)
Protecting Benefits for the Disabled in Social Security Reform
February 15, 2001
Tax Cuts For Today and Tomorrow
By The Heritage Foundation
(WebMemo #4)
Tax Cuts For Today and Tomorrow
February 6, 2001
Six Rules for Real Social Security Reform
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #717)
Six Rules for Real Social Security Reform
February 6, 2001
Women and Social Security Reform
By The Heritage Foundation
(WebMemo #2)
Women and Social Security Reform
October 27, 2000
KidSave: An Innovative Step Toward Better Retirement Security
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #704)
KidSave: An Innovative Step Toward Better Retirement Security
October 4, 2000
How Railroad Retirement Investment Scheme Threatens Social Security Reform
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #698)
Railroad Retirement Investment Threatens Social Security Reform
July 14, 2000
Switzerland's National Retirement Approach
By David O. Harris
(Heritage Lecture #672)
hl672: Switzerland's National Retirement Approach
June 29, 2000
Pension Reform in Sweden: Lessons for American Policymakers
By Goran Normann, Ph.D. and Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1381)
Pension Reform in Sweden: Lessons for American Policymakers
June 29, 2000
Pension Reform in Sweden: Lessons for American Policymakers
By Goran Normann, Ph.D. and Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.
(Executive Summary #1381es)
Pension Reform in Sweden: Lessons for American Policymakers
June 27, 2000
The Social Security Government Pension Offset
By David C. John
(Testimony )
The Social Security Government Pension Offset
June 12, 2000
Congress Should Give Retirees a Guarantee to Their Social Security Benefits
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #681)
Congress Should Give Retirees a Guarantee to Their Social Security Benefits
May 19, 2000
The Social Security Right to Know Act: Telling the Truth About the Future
By David C. John
(Backgrounder #1371)
The Social Security Right to Know Act: Telling the Truth About the Future
April 4, 2000
Social Security's Trustees' Report Shows Bigger Long-Run Deficit
By Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.
(Executive Memorandum #666)
Social Security's Trustees' Report Shows Bigger Long-Run Deficit
March 3, 2000
Who Pays the Payroll Tax? Understanding the Tax and Income Dynamics of the Social Security Program
By D. Mark Wilson
(Center for Data Analysis Report #00-03)
Who Pays the Payroll Tax? Understanding the Tax and Income Dynamics of the Social Security Program
February 25, 2000
Time to Retire the Social Security Earnings Test
By David C. John and Rea S. Hederman, Jr.
(Backgrounder #1348)
Time to Retire the Social Security Earnings Test
February 8, 2000
Avoiding Hard Decisions: The President's Retirement Savings Account Program
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #648)
Avoiding Hard Decisions: The President's Retirement Savings Account Program
February 4, 2000
Why Critics of Social Security Personal Retirement Accounts Are Wrong
By Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.
(Executive Summary #1344)
Why Critics of Social Security Personal Retirement Accounts Are Wrong
February 4, 2000
Why Critics of Social Security Personal Retirement Accounts Are Wrong
By Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1344)
Why Critics of Social Security Personal Retirement Accounts Are Wrong
February 2, 2000
Faster Economic Growth Will Not Solve the Social Security Crisis
By Gareth G. Davis
(Center for Data Analysis Report #00-01)
Faster Economic Growth Will Not Solve the Social Security Crisis
January 21, 2000
Structuring and Regulating Individual Social Security Accounts
By David C. John
(Executive Summary #1342)
Structuring and Regulating Individual Social Security Accounts
January 21, 2000
Structuring and Regulating Individual Social Security Accounts
By David C. John
(Backgrounder #1342)
Structuring and Regulating Individual Social Security Accounts
October 28, 1999
Clinton's Newest Social Security Plan: From Bad to Worse
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #633)
President Bill Clinton announced a plan to "save" Social Security and fund a new type of retirement savings account.
July 13, 1999
The Costs of Transitioning To a Solvent Social Security System
By David C. John and William W. Beach
(Testimony )
High transition costs will be a fact of life for Social Security regardless of whether the program is radically reformed or just left as it ...
June 23, 1999
Another Bold Step Forward: The Bipartisan Senate Social Security Reform Plan
By David C. John
(Backgrounder #1299)
Like a similar plan in the House, the Senate plan contains three crucial elements that are necessary for true reform.
May 26, 1999
Four Steps to Improve the Prospects of Social Security Reform
By David C. John and Gareth G. Davis
(Backgrounder #1285)
Congress could begin the process of Social Security reform this year by passing legislation to guarantee the Social Security benefits of retirees.
May 10, 1999
Kolbe-Stenholm Proposal: A Firm Foundation for Social Security Reform
By David C. John
(Backgrounder #1279)
The 21st Century Retirement Security Act offers a firm foundation for Social Security reform.
May 3, 1999
Why the Archer-Shaw Proposal Is Not the Way to Reform Social Security
By Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D., and David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #594)
The Social Security "add-on" retirement accounts contained in a new reform proposal would be the wrong way to achieve Social Security reform.
April 29, 1999
President Clinton's Flawed Universal Savings Account Program
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #593)
President Bill Clinton's proposed Universal Savings Accounts ("USA accounts") program is a fundamentally poor plan that is cloaked with a few good features.
April 16, 1999
Social Security Trust Fund Report Shows Program's Finances Getting Worse
By Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1273)
After adjusting for inflation, Social Security's unfunded liability between now and 2075 has risen to $19.8 trillion.
April 2, 1999
The Wrong Social Security Debate: It Is Not About Trust Funds
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #586)
The report by the trustees of the OASI trust fund forecasts that Social Security may not run out of its paper assets until 2034.
March 29, 1999
Hard Questions Remain for the Social Security Lockbox
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #585)
The Senate and the House of Representatives are considering enforceable mechanisms to preserve the surplus generated by Social Security.
March 25, 1999
The Mueller Social Security Report Is Flawed
By Gareth G. Davis and David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #583)
Are reduced Social Security benefits better for the average retiree than a personal retirement account?
March 12, 1999
Five Rules for Real Social Security Reform
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #578)
Social Security reform is too important to working Americans for Congress to allow short-term political considerations to triumph over sound policy.
March 2, 1999
Social Security Reforms in Britain: The Principles of Effective Privatization
By Peter Lilley, M.P.
(Backgrounder #1259)
There are only two ways to finance pensions.
February 22, 1999
The Social Security Trust Fund Fraud
By Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1256)
Thanks largely to the upcoming retirement of the baby boom generation, Social Security benefit payments soon will exceed payroll tax revenues.
February 22, 1999
The Social Security Trust Fund Fraud
By Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.
(Executive Summary #1256es)
Defenders of the current Social Security system claim that huge future deficits in the program are not a cause for concern.
February 12, 1999
Learning from Britain's Next Step in Privatizing Social Security Benefits
By Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1251)
LEARNING FROM BRITAIN'S NEXT STEP IN PRIVATIZING SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
February 5, 1999
Why the Government-Controlled Investment Would Undermine Retirement Security
By Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1248)
President Bill Clinton has proposed that the federal government receive unprecedented power to invest more than $650 billion in the stock market over the next ...
February 5, 1999
Why the Government-Controlled Investment Would Undermine Retirement Security
By Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.
(Executive Summary #1248)
BG1248es: Why the Government-Controlled Investment Would Undermine Retirement Security
February 5, 1999
Clinton's Bait-and-Switch Social Security Plan
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #570)
President Bill Clinton announced a plan to "save" Social Security and fund a new type of retirement savings account.
January 20, 1999
One Cheer for Clinton's Social Security Plan
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #566)
President Bill Clinton is considering a plan to use the budget surplus to fund new retirement savings accounts to supplement Social Security.
January 19, 1999
The Impact of Removing Social Security's Tax Cap on Wages
By Gareth G. Davis and D. Mark Wilson
(Center for Data Analysis Report #99-01)
The Social Security system is facing a financial crisis of immense proportions.
December 23, 1998
Why the Government Should Not Invest Americans' Social Security Money
By Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1240)
Why the Government Should Not Invest Americans' Social Security Money
December 23, 1998
Why the Government Should Not Invest Americans' Social Security Money
By Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.
(Executive Summary #1240)
December 21, 1998
CRS Report Says Government Investment Won't Save Social Security
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #565)
CRS Report Says Government Investment Won't Save Social Security
December 17, 1998
Calculating Social Security's Rate of Return
By William W. Beach and Gareth G. Davis
(Executive Memorandum #564)
President Bill Clinton and a variety of experts have argued that Social Security's rate of return needs to be higher.
December 11, 1998
Social Security's Rate of Return: A Reply to Our Critics
By William W. Beach and Gareth G. Davis
(Center for Data Analysis Report #98-08)
Social Security's Rate of Return: A Reply to Our Critics
December 11, 1998
Why Americans Should Own Their Social Security Retirement Benefits
By David C. John
(Executive Memorandum #562)
Why Americans Should Own Their Social Security Retirement Benefits
December 3, 1998
The Costs of Managing Individual Social Security Accounts
By David C. John and Gareth G. Davis
(Backgrounder #1238)
The Cost of Managing Individual Social Security Accounts
September 7, 1998
Social Security's Rates of Return for Union Households
By William W. Beach and Gareth G. Davis
(Center for Data Analysis Report #98-06)
Social Security's Rates of Return for Union Households
July 30, 1998
A State-By-State Analysis of the Returns From Social Security
By William W. Beach, Gareth G. Davis, and Sarah E. Youssef
(Center for Data Analysis Report #98-05)
A State-by-State Analysis of the Returns From Social Security
July 27, 1998
New Surplus Projections Will Allow Deep Cuts and Social Security Reform
By Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1208)
New Surplus Projections Will Allow Deep Cuts and Social Security Reform
July 13, 1998
Another Chance to Help Families to Afford College
By Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D.
(Executive Memorandum #539)
Another Chance to Help Families to Afford College
July 13, 1998
Analyzing the CRS Social Security Study
By William W. Beach and Gareth G. Davis
(Center for Data Analysis Report #98-04)
Analyzing The CRS Social Security Study
June 22, 1998
Social Security's $20 Trillion Shortfall: Why Reform is Needed
By Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1194)
Social Security's $20 Trillion Shortfall: Why Reform is Needed
June 22, 1998
Social Security's $20 Trillion Shortfall: Why Reform is Needed
By Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.
(Executive Summary #1194)
BG1194es: Social Security's $20 Trillion Shortfall: Why Reform is Needed
June 4, 1998
Social Security Reform in Other Nations
By Estelle James
(Heritage Lecture #618)
Social Security Reform in Other Nations
May 27, 1998
Bold Steps: Australia and Other International Examples of Social Security Reform
By David O. Harris
(Heritage Lecture #616)
Bold Steps: Australia and Other Internaional Examples of Social Security Reform
May 4, 1998
Social Security Trust Fund Report Shows Need for Reform
By Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D. and Gareth G. Davis
(Backgrounder #1176)
Social Security Trust Fund Report Shows Need For Reform
March 27, 1998
Social Security's Rate of Return For Hispanic Americans
By William W. Beach and Gareth G. Davis
(Center for Data Analysis Report #98-02)
Social Security's Rate of Return For Hispanic Americans
March 27, 1998
Tasa De Rendimiento Del Seguro Social Para Los HispanoAmericanos
By William W. Beach and Gareth G. Davis
(Center for Data Analysis Report #98-02)
Social Security's Rate of Return For Hispanic Americans
January 15, 1998
Social Security's Rate of Return
By William W. Beach and Gareth E. Davis
(Center for Data Analysis Report #98-01)
Social Security's Rate of Return
December 8, 1997
Australia's Privatized Retirement System: Lessons for the United States
By Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D., and Robert P. O'Quinn
(Backgrounder #1149)
Australia's Privatized Retirement System: Lessons for the United States
September 29, 1997
The Policy and Political Lessons of Britain's Success in Privatizing Social Security
By Daniel Finkelstein, OBE
(Testimony )
Test092997: The Policy and Political Lessons of Britain's Success in Privatizing Social Security
August 6, 1997
Social Security Privatization in Britain: Key Lessons for America's Reformers
By Louis D. Enoff and Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1133)
BG1133: Social Security Privatization in Britain: Key Lessons for America's Reformers
April 23, 1997
Creating a Better Social Security System for America
By Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.
(Backgrounder #1109)
BG1109: Creating a Better Social Security System for America
March 22, 1996
A Guide to Kassebaum-Kennedy
By Liu, John C.
(Issue Bulletin #222)
March 12, 1996
Key Changes Needed in the governor's Medicaid Proposal
By Liu, John C.
(FYI #89)
February 8, 1996
The Costs to the States of Not Fundamentally Reforming Medicaid
By Beach, William W.
(Committee Brief #22)
December 18, 1995
Updated Estimates of the Costs to the States of Not Reforming Medicaid and the Additional Costs of Adopting Per Capita Caps
By Beach, William W.
(FYI #81)
November 17, 1995
Setting the Record Straight on Medicare Part B
By Liu, John C.
(FYI #72)
October 16, 1995
The Cost of No Medicare Reform: What Industry and Government Would Pass on to Consumers, Investors, Taxpayers, and Workers
By Winston, David H.; Olson, Christine L. ; Hederman, Rea S.
(FYI #67)
September 26, 1995
The Cost to States of Not Reforming Medicaid
By Beach, William W.
(FYI #63)
September 25, 1995
FEHBP Controls Costs Again: More Lessons for Medicare Reformers
By Moffit, Robert E.
(FYI #64)
September 19, 1995
What Americans Will Pay If Congress Fails to Reform Medicare: The State and Congressional District Impact
By Moffit, Robert E. ; Liu, John C.; Winston, David H.
(FYI #62)
September 5, 1995
Save Lives by Cutting Red Tape: Redefine the Federal Role in Workplace Safety and Health
By Wilson, Mark
(Backgrounder Update #259)
August 16, 1995
Welfare Reform and Job Training Programs: What Congress Doesn't Know Will Cost Taxpayers Billions
By Wilson, Mark
(FYI #61)
August 15, 1995
Carter Center Report Disavows Haiti's 'Restoration' of Democracy
By Tierney, John J. Jr.
(FYI #60)
August 4, 1995
A Guide to Medicare Reform Proposals
By Liu, John C.
(FYI #57)
August 4, 1995
Comparing Apples with Apples on Medicare
By Butler, Stuart M.
(FYI #58)
May 19, 1995
Restoring Solvency to The Medicare System
By Butler, Stuart M.
(Committee Brief #12)
May 4, 1995
The High Cost of Not Reforming Medicare
By Butler, Stuart M.
(FYI #56)
February 24, 1995
Achieving Fiscal Responsibility within the Department of Health and Human Services
By Liu, John C.
(Committee Brief #8)
February 15, 1995
Medicare Part B Reform
By Butler, Stuart M.
(Committee Brief #4)
October 26, 1994
The Chafee-Breaux 'Mainstream' Proposal: No Basis for Health Reform in 1995
By Liu, John C.; Rector, Robert
(Backgrounder #1006)
September 26, 1994
How 'Incremental ', Health Care Reform Would Make Things Worse: The Rowland-Bilirakis Bill
By Butler, Stuart M. ; Liu, John C. ; Rector, Robert
(Issue Bulletin #203)
August 12, 1994
The Stealth Clinton Health Plans: A Guide to the House and Senate Bills
By Butler, Stuart M.; Liu, John C.
(Issue Bulletin #202)
August 10, 1994
The Health Care Debate Talking Points #3: Windfalls for Rustbelt States Under Gephardt Bill But Sunbelt Loses Big
By Butler, Stuart M. ; Winston, David H.; Olson, Christine L.
(FYI #23)
August 9, 1994
Health Care Debate Talking Points #2: Why the Numbers Will Be Wrong
By Mitchell, Daniel J.; Butler, Stuart M.
(FYI #22)
August 4, 1994
A Critique of the Hawaii Health Care System
By Hellreich, Phillip D., Dr.
(Heritage Lecture #496)
August 3, 1994
Health Care Debate Talking Points #1 : Cost to Business of the Gephardt Bill
By Butler, Stuart M.; Winston, David H.; Olson, Christine L.
(FYI #21)
July 21, 1994
Clinton Heavy: The Kennedy Health Bill
By Liu, John C.; Olson, Christine L.; Winston, David H.
(Issue Bulletin #197)
July 11, 1994
Dole's Health Care Compromise: A Prudent Foundation for Reform
By Butler, Stuart M.
(Executive Memorandum #385)
June 14, 1994
Reforming Health Insurance: Analyzing Objections to the Nickles-Stearns Bill
By Butler, Stuart M.
(Issue Bulletin #193)
June 3, 1994
Beware Return of Bracket Creep in Health Refor
By Mitchell, Daniel J.
(Backgrounder #988)
May 26, 1994
Beware the Senate DOMESTIC ISSUES: LABOR Committee's Supreme Court of Health
By Moffit, Robert E.
(Executive Memorandum #382)
May 25, 1994
What The CBO Says About the Tax treatment of Employment-Based Health Insurance
By Liu, John C.
(FYI #16)
May 16, 1994
Why Americans Should Beware Health Reform 'Triggers'
By Butler, Stuart M.
(Executive Memorandum #379)
May 16, 1994
Kennedy's Bait and Switch Health Reform
By Moffit, Robert E.
(Executive Memorandum #380)
April 11, 1994
How the Clinton and Nickles-Stearns Health Bills Would Affect American Workers
By Butler, Stuart M.
(Issue Bulletin #188)
April 1, 1994
Americans Overwhelmingly Support Health Reforem that Puts the Consumer in Charge
By Franc, Michael G.
(FYI #15)
March 29, 1994
Why Members of Congress and Federal Workers Don't Want the Clinton Health Plan
By Moffit, Robert E.
(Backgrounder Update #220)
February 9, 1994
Why Americans Need to Know that Congress's Health Plan Is not Clinton's
By Butler, Stuart M.
(Backgrounder Update #212)
January 7, 1994
What the Lewin-VHI Analysis of the Clinton Health Plan Really Shows
By Butler, Stuart M.
(FYI #7)
December 23, 1993
The Consumer Choice Health Security Act (S.1743, H.R. 3698)
By Butler, Stuart M.; Haislmaier, Edmund F.
(Issue Bulletin #186)
November 9, 1993
Why the Clinton Administration Will Be Exempt from the Clinton Health Plan
By Butler, Stuart M.
(Executive Memorandum #369)
September 23, 1993
A First Look at Clinton's Health Plan
By Butler, Stuart M
(Executive Memorandum #365)
August 4, 1993
Why Federal Unions Want to Escape the Clinton Health Plan
By Moffit, Robert E.
(Backgrounder #953)
July 20, 1993
Why the Clinton Health Plan Is in Trouble
By Butler, Stuart M.
(Heritage Lecture #452)
June 29, 1993
Managed Competition: Less Choice and Competition, More Costs and Government in Health Care
By Ferrara, Peter J.
(Backgrounder #948)
February 1, 1993
Open Season for America? The Federal Employees Health Benefits Program A Symposium
By Francis, Walton and Moffit, Robert and Morrison, James
(Heritage Lecture #431)
January 12, 1993
The Contradictions In the Clinton Health Plan
By Butler, Stuart M.
(Backgrounder #924)
October 5, 1992
Health Care Reform in Massachusetts: Implications for State Health Care Policies
By Baker, Charles
(Heritage Lecture #413)
April 16, 1992
Congress and the Taxpayers: A Double Standard on Health Care Reform?
By Moffit, Robert E.
(Issue Bulletin #174)
February 7, 1992
What's Right and Wrong with Bush's Health Plan
By Butler, Stuart M.
(Executive Memorandum #321)
February 6, 1992
Consumer Choice in Health: Learning from the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program
By Moffit, Robert E.
(Backgrounder #878)
January 17, 1992
The Mitchell HealthAmerica Act: A Bait and Switch for American Workers
By Haislmaier, Edmund F.
(Issue Bulletin #170)
December 17, 1991
S.1936, The Chafee Bill: A Step Toward Health Care Reform
By Haislmaier, Edmund F.
(Issue Bulletin #169)
November 27, 1991
As Washington Dithers, States Reform Health Care
By Tanner, Michael
(Backgrounder #868)
March 15, 1991
The Facts About Cutting Social Security Taxes
By Mitchell, Daniel J.
(Backgrounder #817)
January 31, 1991
Perception vs. Reality: Taking a Second Look at Canadian Health Care
By Haislmaier, Edmund F.
(Backgrounder #807)
December 1, 1990
The Chemical Scare: Are Politics Driving the Fear?
By Whelan, Elizabeth
(Heritage Lecture #295)
September 28, 1990
The Pepper Commission's Misguided Solution to America's Health Care Problems
By Haislmaier, Edmund f.
(Backgrounder #793)
August 1, 1990
Beware of National Health Insurance
By Goodman, John
(Heritage Lecture #276)
July 20, 1990
Using Tax Credits to Create an Affordable Health System
By Butler, Stuart M.
(Backgrounder #777)
June 8, 1990
H.R.3734 and S.2222: Using Life Insurance to Help Finance Long-Term Care
By Haislmaier, Edmund F.
(Issue Bulletin #158)
May 21, 1990
Reducing Infant Mortality: An Organizational Strategy
By Bliley, Thomas J. Jr.
(Heritage Lecture #278)
February 23, 1990
Making Long-Term Health Care More Affordable
By Haislmaier, Edmund F.
(Backgrounder #755)
January 25, 1990
Drug Legalization: Myths vs. Reality
By Eisenach, Jeffrey A.
(Backgrounder Update #122)
November 13, 1989
Why Canada's Health Care System Is No Cure for America's Ills
By Walker, Michael
(International Briefing #19)
October 25, 1989
The Medicare Relative Value Scale: Comparable Worth for Doctors
By Moffit, Robert E.; Haislmaier, Edmund F.
(Backgrounder #732)
October 23, 1989
There They Go Again: Congress's Double Standard on Disabled Americans
By Liedl, Mark B.
(Executive Memorandum #254)
October 4, 1989
The Food & Drug Administration's Real Problem: Drug Unavailability
By Kazman, Sam
(Backgrounder Update #112)
October 1, 1989
Assuring Affordable Health Care for All Americans
By Butler, Stuart M.
(Heritage Lecture #218)
February 9, 1989
The Medicare Tax Revolt of 1989
By Haislmaier, Edmund F.
(Executive Memorandum #223)
December 19, 1988
"The Case for Keeping Social Security in the Budget Moore, Stephen;"
By Ferrara, Peter J.
(Backgrounder #683)
June 2, 1988
Why Reagan Should Veto the Flawed Medicare Bill
By Haislmaier, Edmund F.
(Executive Memorandum #203)
April 29, 1988
The World Health Assembly Should Get Back to Health
By Dewey, Thomas E. L.
(Executive Memorandum #197)
January 29, 1988
Minimum Health Benefits Act: Mandating New Problems
By Haislmaier, Edmund F.
(Issue Bulletin #136)
October 23, 1987
Taking America's Health Care System Off the Sick List
By Haislmaier, Edmund F
(Backgrounder #612)
August 5, 1987
Upcoming Social Security Tax Hikes Can Threaten Retirement Benefits
By Ferrara, Peter J.
(Backgrounder #597)
July 21, 1987
The Catastrophic Health Tax on America's Elderly
By Ferrara, Peter J. ; Haislmaier, Edmund F.
(Issue Bulletin #132)
July 9, 1987
A New Rx Is Needed for World Health Care
By Adelman , Carol ; Raymond , Susan ; Norris , Jeremiah
(Backgrounder #592)
April 28, 1987
A U.S. Agenda for the World Health Organization
By Pilon, Juliana Geran
(Executive Memorandum #159)
February 10, 1987
Making Catastrophic Health Care Affordable: A Nine Point Program
By Ferrara, Peter J.; Butler, Stuart M.
(Backgrounder #563)
November 25, 1986
On Catastrophic Health Care, Otis Bowen Undermines Reagan Policy
By Butler, Stuart M.
(Executive Memorandum #140)
April 30, 1986
For the World Health Organization — The Moment of Truth
By Pilon, Juliana Geran
(Backgrounder #507)
April 16, 1986
The Social Security "COLA": The Elderly Should Play by the Rules
By Bartlett, Bruce
(Executive Memorandum #115)
December 2, 1985
Britain Improves Social Security: A Model for the U.S.
By Young, Peter
(International Briefing #14)
November 4, 1985
"For Social Security, The Crisis Continues"
By Ferrara, Peter J.
(Backgrounder #467)
October 4, 1984
How to Avert the Medicare Crisis
By Ferrara, Peter J.
(Backgrounder #385)
July 12, 1984
Five Quick Fixes for Social Security
By Ferrara, Peter J.
(Backgrounder #366)
April 26, 1984
"Rebuilding Social Security, Part 2: Toward Lasting Reform"
By Ferrara, Peter J.
(Backgrounder #346)
April 25, 1984
"Rebuilding Social Security, Part 1: The Crisis Continues"
By Ferrara, Peter J.
(Backgrounder #345)
May 10, 1983
Mobilizing Competition To Cut Health Costs
By Germanis, Peter G.
(Backgrounder #266)
February 25, 1983
"For $168 Billion, Only a Band-Aid for Social Security"
By Germanis, Peter G.
(Backgrounder #249)
January 18, 1983
Wrong Rx for Social Security
By Germanis, Peter G.
(Executive Memorandum #12)
December 14, 1981
Rx for Social Security: The First Steps
By Germanis, Peter G.
(Backgrounder #159)
December 11, 1981
The Community Home Health Services Act of 1981 (S.234)
By Germanis,, Peter G.
(Issue Bulletin #76)
May 14, 1981
The Infant Formula Controversy
By Hicks, Guy M.
(Backgrounder #142)
June 20, 1979
A Review of the Canadian National Health Insurance
By Lindsay, Cotton M.
(Backgrounder #90)
May 22, 1979
Incremental National Health Insurance: A Review of Current Proposals
By Francis, Samuel T.
(Issue Bulletin #41)
April 11, 1979
Hospital Cost Containment (S.570 - H.R.2626)
By Francis, Samuel T.
(Issue Bulletin #38)
June 21, 1978
The Drug Regulation Act (S.2755 - H.R. 11611)
By Ascik, Thomas R.
(Issue Bulletin #26)
October 12, 1977
A Discussion of Current Social Security Proposals
By Francis, Samuel T.
(Backgrounder #39)
September 30, 1977
Amendments to Kidney Disease Program
By Francis, Samuel T.
(Issue Bulletin #20)
May 31, 1977
Health Care Costs and the Free Market
By Francis, Samuel T.
(Backgrounder #11)
May 24, 1977
Hospital Cost Containment (H.R. 6575 - S.1391)
By Francis, Samuel T.
(Issue Bulletin #9)
May 19, 1977
OSHA Update
By Williams, David A.
(Backgrounder #7)
April 20, 1977
Black Lung Benefits Reform Act (H.R. 4544)
By Francis, Samuel T.
(Issue Bulletin #2)
Problems in Paradise: Canadians Complain About Their Health Care System
By Haislmaier, Edmund F.
(Backgrounder #883)
The Great Social Security Surplus Hoax
By Ferrara, Peter J.
(Backgrounder #662)
Health Care Debate Talking Points #8: Impact of the Mitchell Bill's Individual Mandate on the Middle Class
By Butler, Stuart M. ; Winston, David H.; Olson, Christine L.
(FYI #30)
Dealing with the Protests Over the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act
By Haislmaier, Edmund F
(Issue Bulletin #151)
Overdosing on Management: Reforming the Health Care System Through Managed Competition
By Moffit, Robert E.
(Heritage Lecture #441)
Why "Play or Pay" National Health Care Is Doomed to Fail
By Butler, Stuart M.
(Heritage Lecture #329)
October 27, 2009
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