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Combining dollar cutoffs with indexing changes fundamentally alters the structure and philosophy that have guided the Social Security program for the past 90 years.
The State of the Union Is Expected to Focus on Affordability. What Does the Evidence Say Works? Addressing the affordability crisis will require a broad set of strategies from every level of government, including policies that tackle housing, health care, income, and more.Trump’s Proposed Credit Card Interest Rate Cap Could Affect More Than 160 Million Americans An interest rate cap would reduce borrowing costs for some Americans but could also reshape who can access credit, potentially pushing many into high-cost alternatives.Social Security Is Running Out of Money—And Congress Might Count It as Savings In its budget planning for the decade ahead, Congress should account for the projected exhaustion of Social Security’s trust fund in 2032.New Evidence Underscores Why Neighborhoods Matter and How Policies Can Improve Lives New, decades-long analysis proves that public policies can improve children’s success in life by enabling them to grow up in resource-rich neighborhoods.Using Data to Close Health Care Performance Gaps and Improve Quality of Care Performance data assessing the health care quality and outcomes for patients of different backgrounds can highlight gaps, but health care leaders need strategies to close these gaps and ensure better health care outcomes for all.An Earnings Test for Higher Education Risks Diverting Students from Some Meaningful Careers Without a comprehensive assessment of an undergraduate program’s academic, personal, and societal value, policymakers risk implementing approaches that discourage some valuable higher education and career paths focused on qualities beyond earnings.
