Social Security is set to go insolvent unless leaders can make tough decisions on reform

Published June 19, 2026 6:45am ET



Social Security Trustees recently warned that the nation’s largest and most important retirement program is only six years from insolvency, and its already massive projected shortfall has grown by 16%.

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