Shutdown Politics, Partisan Gridlock Put Medicare, Social Security at Greater Risk of Insolvency
Dr. Steven Fox, physician and expert in geriatric and disability medicine, warns that while a government shutdown alone does not cause Medicare or Social Security to fail, the combination of shutdown brinkmanship, debt-ceiling standoffs, and hyper-partisan gridlock dramatically increases the likelihood that both programs will reach insolvency without corrective action. “Medicare and Social Security are […] Read More
