Financial Planning Roundup: Social Security Trust Fund Projected Depletion Moves Closer (opens in new tab)

The Trustees of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds released their annual report this month. The big headline finding: “The Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund will be able to pay 100 percent of total scheduled benefits until the fourth quarter of 2032, one quarter earlier than projected last year. At that time, the fund’s reserves will become depleted and continuing program income will be sufficient to pay 78 percent of total scheduled benefits.”