Building Economic Security
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Table of contents
- Building Economic Security
- GAO's Role: Addressing Current and Emerging Challenges
- GAO's Strategic Plan
- Implications of Demographic Challenges
- Composition of Federal Spending
- Composition of Spending as a Share of GDP Under Baseline Extended
- Composition of Spending as a Share of GDP Under Baseline Extended (Cont'd)
- Social Security and Medicare's Hospital Insurance Trust Funds Face Cash Deficits
- Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid Spending as a Percent of GDP
- Key Elements for Economic Security in Retirement
- Selected 21st Century Questions
- Selected 21st Century Questions (cont'd)
- Economic Security in Retirement Key Dimensions
- Demographic Changes Will Present Challenges for Retirement Security of Men and Women
- Differences in Life Expectancy
- U.S. Elderly Dependency Ratio
- U.S. Labor Force Growth Will Continue to Decline
- The Gap in Men's and Women's Labor Force Participation Rates has Narrowed
- Participation Rates in Employment-Based Retirement Plans
- On Average Women Have Lower Earnings than Men, which Affects Retirement Income
- Women Are Slightly More Likely Than Men to Receive Income From Social Security
- DC Pension Wealth for Men and Women
- Social Security Reform Elements
- Pension System Faces Variety of Challenges
- Total Underfunding in Single-Employer Program Plans, 1980-2003
- Several Reforms Might Improve Plan Funding and Reduce the Risks to PBGC's Long-term Viability
- DB System Weaknesses Have Serious Implications for National Retirement Policy
- Health Care System Key Questions
- Health Care System Reform Elements
- Final