More: Social Security faces insolvency in 2032, when it would pay only 78% of benefits

The agency could see a dangerous drop in cash within the next six years.

Tax cuts for seniors, a lower predicted birth rate and fewer immigrants working in the U.S. have all pushed up a predicted depletion date for an important Social Security…

Social Security’s retirement trust fund is projected to face a funding shortfall in 2032, a year earlier than previously expected.

The Social Security Administration has released a report with new projections as to when the trust funds that help pay benefits may be depleted.

The report offers a fresh look at the finances of a program that provides benefits to more than 70 million Americans.

If Congress doesn't act to address the long anticipated shortfall, millions of Americans would receive a sharp cut in retirement benefits.

Trustees now project the retirement fund will be depleted in 2032 and the combined system in 2034, putting pressure on the 2026 Senate class to act.

The program faces mounting pressure as an aging US population leaves fewer active workers to support a growing number of retirees through payroll taxes

Social Security trust to dry up in 2032, trustees predict. Voters are demanding candidates detail how they'll stop future benefit cuts, polls show.

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The Social Security Administration told Congress on Tuesday that the trust fund to pay retirement benefits could run out in late 2032.

Medicare's hospital insurance trust fund will be unable to pay full benefits in 2033, unchanged from last year's estimate.

The 2026 Social Security Trustees Report projects the OASI Trust Fund will deplete by late 2032, reducing benefits to 78% and raising retirement planning

Social Security trust fund faces 2032 depletion, leaving only 78% of benefits payable without congressional action.

More: Social Security faces insolvency in 2032, when it would pay only 78% of benefits

What makes this year’s warning especially troubling is that the deterioration isn’t driven by a temporary downturn but by deeper demographic and policy changes

Social Security crisis 2032 is no longer a distant warning. Current projections show the trust fund could face depletion by 2032, triggering a potential 22% benefit cut. For…

More: Social Security faces insolvency in 2032, when it would pay only 78% of benefits

Trust fund exhaustion by 2032–2033 could trigger automatic benefit cuts — there is a bipartisan path to prevent it.

What makes this year’s warning especially troubling is that the deterioration isn’t driven by a temporary downturn but by deeper demographic and policy changes