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Annual reports released on Monday by trustees of the old-age and retirement programs showed that both still faced long-term shortfalls that could ultimately result in reduced retirement and medical benefits. The reports showed that the Social Security and disability insurance programs, if combined, would not have enough money to pay all of their obligations in 2035 ...

Martin O'Malley, the commissioner of Social Security, said that as long as Americans continued to work, the retirement program would be able to keep paying benefits, and he called on Congress to provide more money for the trust fund to ensure its long-term solvency. ...

At that point, 83 percent of the scheduled benefits would be available to be paid out.. . The Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund alone is projected to run short of money in 2033, the same year as previously forecast ...

No momentum supporting factor found

Challenge supporting factors

(benefits,forecast,taxes)

(benefits,forecast,hospital)

(benefits,taxes)

(social_security,republican)

(social_security,presumptive)

Work-in-progress supporting factors

(benefits,social_security,long-term)

(benefits,old-age)

(benefits,medical)

(social_security,policies)

(benefits,shortfalls)

(benefits,social_security,shortfalls)

(long-term,shortfalls)

(benefits,hospital)

(long-term,social_security,shortfalls)

(social_security,shortfalls)

(benefits,social_security,republican)

(benefits,social_security,presidential)

(social_security,presidential)

(benefits,social_security,political)

(social_security,political)

Time Period	Challenge	Momentum	WIP
Report	11.70	0.00	88.31

High Level Abstraction (HLA) combined

High Level Abstraction (HLA)	Report
(1) (benefits,social_security,long-term)	100.00
(2) (benefits,old-age)	91.77
(3) (benefits,medical)	85.44
(4) (social_security,policies)	82.28
(5) (benefits,shortfalls)	75.95
(6) (benefits,social_security,shortfalls)	74.05
(7) (long-term,shortfalls)	72.78
(8) (benefits,hospital)	71.52
(9) (long-term,social_security,shortfalls)	70.89
(10) (social_security,shortfalls)	69.62
(11) (benefits,social_security,republican)	68.99
(12) (benefits,social_security,presidential)	67.72
(13) (social_security,presidential)	66.46
(14) (benefits,social_security,political)	65.82
(15) (social_security,political)	64.56
(16) (benefits,social_security,policies)	63.92
(17) (benefits,survivors_insurance_trust_fund)	61.39
(18) (benefits,social_security,old-age)	60.13
(19) (long-term,old-age)	59.49
(20) (long-term,social_security,old-age)	57.59
(21) (benefits,social_security,medical)	55.06
(22) (long-term,medical)	54.43
(23) (long-term,social_security,medical)	52.53
(24) (benefits,social_security,insurance)	46.84
(25) (long-term,social_security,insurance)	46.20
(26) (social_security,republican)	44.94
(27) (benefits,social_security,hospital)	42.41
(28) (benefits,social_security,funding)	41.77
(29) (benefits,forecast,taxes)	39.24
(30) (benefits,forecast,survivors_insurance_trust_fund)	37.34
(31) (benefits,forecast,old-age)	35.44
(32) (benefits,forecast,hospital)	33.54
(33) (benefits,taxes)	25.95
(34) (benefits,spending)	25.32
(35) (benefits,social_security_old-age)	24.68
(36) (benefits,revenues)	24.05
(37) (benefits,revenue)	23.42
(38) (long-term,social_security,policies)	20.89
(39) (long-term,social_security,wage)	18.35
(40) (long-term,wage)	17.09
(41) (social_security,wage)	16.46
(42) (long-term,social_security,unemployment)	15.82
(43) (long-term,unemployment)	13.92
(44) (social_security,unemployment)	13.29
(45) (social_security,taxes)	12.66
(46) (social_security,shoring)	12.03
(47) (social_security,presumptive)	11.39
(48) (long-term,benefits)	11.39
(49) (social_security,president)	10.76
(50) (long-term,social_security,growth)	10.13
(51) (long-term,social_security,economic)	8.23
(52) (long-term,solvency)	3.80
(53) (long-term,politicians)	3.16
(54) (long-term,policies)	2.53
(55) (long-term,paying)	1.27
(56) (long-term,keep)	0.63

Supporting narratives:

Please refer to knowledge diagram for a complete set of supporting narratives.

challenge - Back to HLA

But even with the improved forecast, the trustees warned that making the program financially healthy in the long term would mean either immediately raising Medicare taxes to 3.25 percent of wages from 2.9 percent or reducing Medicare's hospital benefits by 8 percent, or adopting larger changes if they took longer to kick in ...
High Level Abstractions:

(benefits,forecast,taxes)
Inferred entity relationships (3)
(benefits,forecast,old-age) [inferred]
(benefits,forecast,hospital) [inferred]
(benefits,forecast,survivors_insurance_trust_fund) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

But even with the improved forecast, the trustees warned that making the program financially healthy in the long term would mean either immediately raising Medicare taxes to 3.25 percent of wages from 2.9 percent or reducing Medicare's hospital benefits by 8 percent, or adopting larger changes if they took longer to kick in. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(benefits,taxes)
(benefits,forecast,hospital)
Inferred entity relationships (3)
(benefits,forecast,old-age) [inferred]
(benefits,forecast,survivors_insurance_trust_fund) [inferred]
(benefits,forecast,taxes) [inferred]

challenge - Back to HLA

Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, suggested this year that he was open to scaling back the programs when he said there was "a lot you can do in terms of entitlements in terms of cutting." He later walked back those comments and pledged to protect the programs. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(social_security,republican)
(social_security,presumptive)

WIP - Back to HLA

Annual reports released on Monday by trustees of the old-age and retirement programs showed that both still faced long-term shortfalls that could ultimately result in reduced retirement and medical benefits. The reports showed that the Social Security and disability insurance programs, if combined, would not have enough money to pay all of their obligations in 2035 ...
High Level Abstractions:

(benefits,social_security,shortfalls)
(benefits,social_security,medical)
(benefits,shortfalls)
(long-term,social_security,shortfalls)
(long-term,social_security,insurance)
(long-term,shortfalls)
(long-term,social_security,medical)
(long-term,benefits)
(benefits,social_security,long-term)
(benefits,social_security,insurance)
(social_security,shortfalls)
(benefits,medical)
(long-term,medical)
Inferred entity relationships (13)
(long-term,medical,social_security) [inferred]
(long-term,shortfalls) [inferred]
(benefits,shortfalls,social_security) [inferred]
(benefits,shortfalls) [inferred]
(benefits,medical) [inferred]
(benefits,medical,social_security) [inferred]
(benefits,long-term) [inferred]
(long-term,social_security,wage) [inferred]
(shortfalls,social_security) [inferred]
(benefits,long-term,social_security) [inferred]
(long-term,shortfalls,social_security) [inferred]
(long-term,medical) [inferred]
(long-term,social_security,unemployment) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Biden highlighted Republican proposals that would cut Social Security funding and raise the retirement age to qualify for benefits ...
High Level Abstractions:

(benefits,social_security,republican)
Inferred entity relationships (1)
(republican,social_security) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

The fate of the popular programs continues to be a contentious political issue, one that is expected to intensify as the November presidential election draws near. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(benefits,social_security,presidential)
(social_security,presidential)
Inferred entity relationships (1)
(presidential,social_security) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

About 70 million people receive Social Security benefits, and more than 66 million participate in Medicare.. . The fate of the popular programs continues to be a contentious political issue, one that is expected to intensify as the November presidential election draws near ...
High Level Abstractions:

(social_security,political)
(benefits,social_security,political)
Inferred entity relationships (1)
(political,social_security) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Biden highlighted Republican proposals that would cut Social Security funding and raise the retirement age to qualify for benefits. He promised that he would be a bulwark against such policies. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(social_security,policies)
(benefits,social_security,policies)
Inferred entity relationships (1)
(policies,social_security) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Annual reports released on Monday by trustees of the old-age and retirement programs showed that both still faced long-term shortfalls that could ultimately result in reduced retirement and medical benefits ...
High Level Abstractions:

(long-term,social_security,old-age)
(benefits,old-age)
(benefits,social_security,old-age)
(long-term,old-age)
Inferred entity relationships (4)
(benefits,old-age) [inferred]
(long-term,old-age,social_security) [inferred]
(benefits,old-age,social_security) [inferred]
(long-term,old-age) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Martin O'Malley, the commissioner of Social Security, said that as long as Americans continued to work, the retirement program would be able to keep paying benefits, and he called on Congress to provide more money for the trust fund to ensure its long-term solvency. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(long-term,paying)
(long-term,benefits)
(benefits,social_security,long-term)
(long-term,keep)
Inferred entity relationships (4)
(benefits,long-term) [inferred]
(long-term,social_security,wage) [inferred]
(long-term,social_security,unemployment) [inferred]
(benefits,long-term,social_security) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Medicare will be unable to pay all its hospital bills starting in 2036.. . About 70 million people receive Social Security benefits, and more than 66 million participate in Medicare. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(benefits,hospital)
(benefits,social_security,hospital)
Inferred entity relationships (2)
(benefits,hospital) [inferred]
(benefits,hospital,social_security) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Biden highlighted Republican proposals that would cut Social Security funding and raise the retirement age to qualify for benefits. He promised that he would be a bulwark against such policies ...
High Level Abstractions:

(benefits,social_security,funding)

WIP - Back to HLA

The Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund alone is projected to run short of money in 2033, the same year as previously forecast ...
High Level Abstractions:

(benefits,forecast,old-age)
(benefits,forecast,survivors_insurance_trust_fund)
Inferred entity relationships (4)
(benefits,forecast,old-age) [inferred]
(benefits,forecast,hospital) [inferred]
(benefits,forecast,survivors_insurance_trust_fund) [inferred]
(benefits,forecast,taxes) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

The reports said that the combined Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, which pays retiree benefits, and the Disability Insurance Trust Fund would be depleted in 2035, a year later than previously projected ...
High Level Abstractions:

(benefits,survivors_insurance_trust_fund)
(benefits,social_security_old-age)

WIP - Back to HLA

At that point, 83 percent of the scheduled benefits would be available to be paid out.. . The Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund alone is projected to run short of money in 2033, the same year as previously forecast ...
High Level Abstractions:

(benefits,survivors_insurance_trust_fund)
(benefits,old-age)
Inferred entity relationships (1)
(benefits,old-age,social_security) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

The report also included a slightly improved forecast for Medicare's spending on drugs and outpatient medical care in the next few decades, though those parts of Medicare are financed through general tax revenues, not dedicated sources of revenue ...
High Level Abstractions:

(benefits,medical)
Inferred entity relationships (1)
(benefits,medical,social_security) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

But even with the improved forecast, the trustees warned that making the program financially healthy in the long term would mean either immediately raising Medicare taxes to 3.25 percent of wages from 2.9 percent or reducing Medicare's hospital benefits by 8 percent, or adopting larger changes if they took longer to kick in.. . The report also included a slightly improved forecast for Medicare's spending on drugs and outpatient medical care in the next few decades, though those parts of Medicare are financed through general tax revenues, not dedicated sources of revenue ...
High Level Abstractions:

(benefits,spending)
(benefits,hospital)
Inferred entity relationships (1)
(benefits,hospital,social_security) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

The report also included a slightly improved forecast for Medicare's spending on drugs and outpatient medical care in the next few decades, though those parts of Medicare are financed through general tax revenues, not dedicated sources of revenue. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(benefits,revenues)
(benefits,revenue)

WIP - Back to HLA

. In a statement on Monday, Mr. Biden highlighted Republican proposals that would cut Social Security funding and raise the retirement age to qualify for benefits ...
High Level Abstractions:

(social_security,republican)

WIP - Back to HLA

. "More people are contributing to Social Security, thanks to strong economic policies that have yielded impressive wage growth, historic job creation and a steady, low unemployment rate," Mr ...
High Level Abstractions:

(social_security,policies)
(long-term,social_security,policies)
(long-term,social_security,economic)
Inferred entity relationships (4)
(policies,social_security) [inferred]
(long-term,social_security,wage) [inferred]
(long-term,social_security,unemployment) [inferred]
(long-term,policies) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

"More people are contributing to Social Security, thanks to strong economic policies that have yielded impressive wage growth, historic job creation and a steady, low unemployment rate," Mr. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(long-term,social_security,wage)
(social_security,wage)
(long-term,wage)
(long-term,social_security,unemployment)
(long-term,unemployment)
(social_security,unemployment)
(long-term,social_security,growth)
Inferred entity relationships (4)
(social_security,unemployment) [inferred]
(social_security,wage) [inferred]
(long-term,social_security,wage) [inferred]
(long-term,social_security,unemployment) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

President Biden has pledged to block any cuts to Social Security and Medicare and has called for shoring up the programs with higher taxes on the rich. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(social_security,taxes)

WIP - Back to HLA

. President Biden has pledged to block any cuts to Social Security and Medicare and has called for shoring up the programs with higher taxes on the rich. ...
High Level Abstractions:

(social_security,shoring)

WIP - Back to HLA

. President Biden has pledged to block any cuts to Social Security and Medicare and has called for shoring up the programs with higher taxes on the rich ...
High Level Abstractions:

(social_security,president)

WIP - Back to HLA

Martin O'Malley, the commissioner of Social Security, said that as long as Americans continued to work, the retirement program would be able to keep paying benefits, and he called on Congress to provide more money for the trust fund to ensure its long-term solvency.. . "More people are contributing to Social Security, thanks to strong economic policies that have yielded impressive wage growth, historic job creation and a steady, low unemployment rate," Mr ...
High Level Abstractions:

(long-term,solvency)
(long-term,policies)
Inferred entity relationships (1)
(long-term,policies,social_security) [inferred]

WIP - Back to HLA

Budget experts warned on Monday that despite a modest improvement in the finances of the programs, their long-term fiscal trajectory remained a concern.. . "Too few politicians are willing to propose serious reforms and make the difficult choices needed to strengthen and save the program," said Jason Fichtner, chief economist at the Bipartisan Policy Center ...
High Level Abstractions:

(long-term,politicians)

Semantics Relevance

Strong Labor Market Steadied Social Security and Medicare Funds