Social Security Administration
Noun
Meaning
an independent government agency responsible for the Social Security system
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I do not believe that the Social Security system is in crisis. The Social Security Administration itself recently reported that the system is able to pay full benefits as they are defined today until at least 2042.
Without significant reform, the Social Security Administration will be legally and financially unable to pay full promised benefits within a generation.
According to her obituary, Marshall worked for the Social Security Administration and was one of the first African American women to receive a Commissioner Citation, the agency’s highest award.
Actually, Social Security and Medicare are two totally separate and financially independent programs, but the Social Security Administration handles enrollment and premium payments on behalf of CMS (the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services).
According to the Social Security Administration, in 1930, when Social Security was created in the United States, the retirement age was 65. Then, life expectancy was only 58 for men and 62 for women.
Alexa A. Hendley and Natasha F. Bilimoria, Social Security Administration, "Minorities and Social Security: An Analysis of Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Current Program", Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 62 No. 2, 1999, pp. 59–64.