[Video] Feit en fictie over sociale zekerheid

Veronique de Rugy legt uit.

De Franse econome mag elke week bij Bloomberg TV feit en fictie van elkaar onderscheiden.

Deze keer: drie mythes en de juiste feiten over sociale zekerheid - ook in Nederland de grootste uitgavepost van de rijksoverheid.

Myth 1: There is no crisis. Social Security will never be insolvent.

Fact 1: Under the best-case scenario, the trustees report finds that the probability of Social Security never becoming insolvent is less than 2.5 percent.

Myth 2: Social Security won’t contribute to the federal deficit for decades.

Fact 2: Starting this year the program will run a cash flow deficit which will add to the federal deficit.

Myth 3: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act fixed the funding problems related to Medicare.

Fact 3: Under the best economic assumptions, less than half of all future Medicare spending will come from dedicated sources.