How To Increase the Social Security Program’s Sustainability For Long-Term Benefit

Eric Kingson, professor of social work in Falk College, was interviewed for the U.S. News and World Report story “The Future of Social Security.” Kingson discussed changes that could be made to the social security program to increase its sustainability. He explained, “If there’s a shortfall in 2034 and if Congress did absolutely nothing for the next 12 or 13 years, then benefits will be cut by 22 percentage points.”