GAO Criteria for Evaluating Social Security Reform Proposals

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GAO Criteria for Evaluating Social Security Reform Proposals

  • Reform proposals should be evaluated as packages that strike a balance among individual reform elements and important interactive effects.

  • Comprehensive proposals can be evaluated against three basic criteria:

    • Financing sustainable solvency
    • Balancing adequacy and equity in the benefits structure
    • Implementing and administering reforms