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Social Security won't be able to pay full benefits if nothing changes in next 6 years, report shows

Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan speaks with former Social Security commissioner Michael Astrue about a new government report that finds that unless Congress passes new fixes soon, the Social Security trust fund will not be able to pay out full benefits to all eligible seniors starting in 2032.

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