Number: RL31086
Title: Social Security: What Happens to Future Benefit Levels Under Various Reform Options
Authors: David Koitz, Geoffrey Kollman, and Dawn Nuschler, Domestic Social Policy Division. 
Abstract: Numerous bills introduced by Members of Congress and recommendations made by various commissions, attempt to solve the problem with reforms that typically bundle together a multitude of measures. Often, it is difficult to identify when and by how much these measures would alter future benefits. As an aid to those exploring Social Security reforms, this report unbundles various conceptual elements of many of the reform plans, presenting them in a generic form, and, using a benefit computation model developed by the Congressional Research Service, examines how certain options would alter projected future retirment benefits.
Pages: 74
Date: Updated August 20, 2001