Social Security and Minorities: Current Benefits and Implications of Reform

T-HEHS-99-60 Published: Feb 10, 1999. Publicly Released: Feb 10, 1999.

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed minorities and Social Security, focusing on: (1) how minorities currently fare under social security; (2) how they might be affected by some of the proposed changes in benefits to restore the program's solvency; and (3) how minorities might fare under a system restructured to include individual accounts.

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Equal Opportunity

African AmericansDisadvantaged personsFederal social security programsHispanic AmericansInvestmentsMinoritiesRetirement benefitsSocial security benefitsMinority groupsAfrican Americans