A Look at Our Future: When Baby Boomers Retire
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- A Look at Our Future: When Baby Boomers Retire
- GAO's Strategic Plan
- GAO's High-Risk List 2005
- Composition of Federal Spending
- Federal Spending for Mandatory and Discretionary Programs
- Fiscal Year 2004 Deficit Numbers
- Surplus or Deficit as a Share of GDP Fiscal Years 1962-2004
- Selected Fiscal Exposures: Sources and Examples 2005a
- Another Way to Think About These Numbers
- Composition of Spending as a Share of GDP Under Baseline Extended
- Composition of Spending as a Share of GDP Assuming Discretionary Spending Grows with GDP after 2005 and All Expiring Tax Provisions are Extended
- Current Fiscal Policy Is Unsustainable
- The Way Forward
- 21st Century Challenges Report
- 21st Century Challenges Report
- Generic Reexamination Criteria and Sample Questions
- Illustrative 21st Century Questions
- Social Security and Medicare's Hospital Insurance Trust Funds Face Cash Deficits
- Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid Spending as a Percent of GDP
- U.S. Elderly Dependency Ratio Expected to Continue to Increase
- U.S. Labor Force Growth Will Continue to Decline
- Key Dates Highlight Long Term Challenges of the Social Security System
- Different Measures, Same Challenge
- Key Elements for Economic Security in Retirement
- GAO Criteria for Evaluating Social Security Reform Proposals
- Social Security: The Bottom Line Illustrative Questions and Answers Based on the Latest Trustees' Reports
- Questions and Answers (cont'd)
- Questions and Answers (cont'd)
- Questions and Answers (cont'd)
- Questions and Answers (cont'd)
- Challenges Facing the Defined Benefit (DB) Pension System
- Defined Benefit Plan Weaknesses Have Serious Implications for National Retirement Policy
- Broad Goals for Reform of the DB System
- Potential Steps to Strengthen the DB System
- Key Dates Highlight Long Term Challenges of the Medicare Program
- Health Care System Elements: Incentives, Transparency, and Accountability
- Quality and Availability of Affordable Health Care Has Broad Implications for Retirees
- Health Care System Elements: Incentives, Transparency, and Accountability
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