On June 11, the Academy hosted SSA Chief Actuary Karen Glenn and an expert panel to discuss Social Security’s financial outlook, options to address the program’s long-term financing gap, and Americans’ views on the path forward.

This panel considers the role of the program on national, local, and personal finances, its connections to the broader retirement security landscape, and the effect of recent economic trends on the program’s financial health.

This conversation explores what it would mean to bring SSI into the 21st century at a moment when bipartisan momentum for reform is building, and as the debate over the future of Social Security heats up.

As the Academy marks 40 years during a time of profound change and debate about the future of our social contract, we convened our annual Policy Summit in Washington, D.C.

This panel explores paid leave as a missing piece of Social Security in America and frames ongoing discussions about the future of Social Security as an opportunity to truly “complete” Social Security by ensuring we all have access to paid leave.

On June 26, the Academy hosted SSA Chief Actuary Karen Glenn and an expert panel to discuss Social Security’s financial outlook, options to address the program’s long-term financing gap, and Americans’ views on the path forward.

This discussion explores what policymakers and advocates in the U.S. can learn from promising Dutch policy and delivery-system innovations to future-proof its system for the age wave.

On March 13, the Academy hosted a briefing on DOGE’s recent SSA cuts for current and future beneficiaries, featuring former SSA Commissioners Martin O’Malley and Michael Astrue and a bipartisan panel of Academy experts.

The first panel at the Academy’s 2025 Policy Summit discussed the Academy’s new polling on what Americans want on Social Security.

The second panel at the Academy’s 2025 Policy Summit brought together experts from the Academy’s membership to explore Social Security’s solvency challenges.

The Academy’s 2025 Policy Summit lunchtime brought experts from the Academy’s membership to give lightning talks on a variety of social insurance topics.

This panel examined the role of administrative funding to ensuring SSA is able to deliver on the promises of its programs for the people it serves.