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Medicare, Social Security face shaky fiscal futures
Report: Medicare insolvent by 2026, Social Security by 2035
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In this April 10, 2019, photo, a sign is shown during a news conference to reintroduce "Medicare for All" legislation, on Capitol Hill. The financial condition of the government’s bedrock retirement programs for middle- and working-class Americans remain shaky, with Medicare pointed toward insolvency by 2026. That’s the word from the latest report by the government’s overseers of Medicare and Social Security. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
WASHINGTON — The financial condition of the government's bedrock retirement programs for middle- and working-class Americans remains shaky, with Medicare pointed toward insolvency by 2026, according to a report Monday by the government's overseers of Medicare and Social Security.
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