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