The Hill | Big Surprise: Medicare and Social Security in Deep Doo-Doo

Posted on April 23 2012 – 9:00 PM – Posted by: Doug Brady

Medicare and Social Security are on a fast track to deep fiscal problems, trustees for the two programs warned Monday.

By 2024, the trustees said, Medicare’s trust fund won’t be able to cover seniors’ hospital benefits. Social Security is expected to reach the same tipping point in 2033 — three years earlier than the trustees estimated last year.

The funds won’t be entirely empty on those dates, but rather will not be taking in enough money to keep paying 100 percent of the benefits they’re supposed to provide.

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