Actuaries helping Social Security
Terry Taylor of the American Academy of Actuaries says the academy believes any solution to Social Security’s financial soundness must include increases in the retirement age. He says the retirement age is frozen at 67 for all Americans born after 1959 and that raising the age of retirement to reflect increased longevity would help to alleviate future financial problems. (0:53)
August 4, 2008
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