The trust fund for the program, which supports roughly 68 million Americans, is on schedule to be depleted in the next six years. Benefits could be cut on average by 22 percent.

A trust fund that helps to finance Social Security benefits is expected to run out of money in less than seven years — unless Congress acts to patch the system before that.

Medicare's hospital insurance trust fund will be unable to pay full benefits in 2033, which could lead to higher health care costs for Americans over 65.

A new tax law, declining fertility and falling immigration are reducing revenue into the retirement trust fund.

A new analysis estimates Texans could see Social Security checks reduced by about $500 a month if the program's trust fund becomes insolvent.

Millions of Americans who rely on Social Security could face significant benefit reductions within the next decade.

Social Security’s retirement trust fund is projected to face a funding shortfall in 2032, a year earlier than previously expected

The Social Security retirement trust fund will be exhausted in 2032, earlier than previously anticipated, the program’s trustees projected on Tuesday, meaning that senior citizens would face a cut in their benefits at that time unless Congress acts.