Trump has pointed to the Australian retirement system as a model. But the $1,000 baby accounts are not designed to do the same job.
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Regardless of whether Americans think socialism is bad or good, or how they define it, most of them embrace socialist policies and programs – as long as no one calls them that.
Federal policy changes are likely to make life harder for many Americans of modest means as they age.
Unless Congress acts, 1 in 5 Americans who receive Social Security could see an across-the-board benefit cut of roughly 22% starting in 2032.
Researchers learned from dozens of interviews that the usual ways of resolving complex cases, escalating issues and holding the authorities accountable no longer work.
Sometimes they hear they’re supposed to stay active and engaged. Other times they’re vilified for holding on to power too long. It’s all made ‘knowing when it’s time’ a whole lot harder.
With his party in deep trouble, the opposition leader decided to go big in his budget reply.
Research shows where those cost-of-living stresses are greatest. It’s not the vast bulk of middle income Australia, but working age welfare recipients.
Why does health care reform keep failing despite decades of attention and expanding costs? A scholar of Congress has some answers.
The government’s laws cancelling social security payments for some accused of crimes turn a safety net into a weapon for punishing people.
Up to one-quarter of age pensioners may be affected by changes in the way interest income is calculated.
South Africa needs to improve health and social insurance coverage for both internal and international migrants.
The typical worker on the verge of retirement is due roughly $412,000 in this under-the-radar wealth.
Steps taken to reform Social Security during the Biden and Trump administrations have only made the prospects for a funding crisis more serious.
The UK economy has bigger problems than welfare payments.
Left out of FDR’s New Deal, the health insurance program for the poor was finally established in 1965.
Congress has the authority to control government expenditures. Donald Trump is the latest president to try to get around that power, as he slashes government programs and staff.
Granting tech leaders direct control over government functions fundamentally alters the relationship between private power and public governance.
Many Americans seem to prefer to keep working well past retirement age, but it’s not clear whether the choice is motivated by the need to keep earning money or the desire to continue being productive.
A new study finds the risks of developing long COVID declined over the first two years of the pandemic. But unvaccinated adults were more than twice as likely to get long COVID compared with those who were vaccinated.
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