How Social Security Payments Could Be Affected By the Debt Ceiling | Your Money Briefing

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Published May 16, 2023

Concerns have risen about how Social Security payments, among other programs, would be affected if the U.S. reaches its debt ceiling and defaults on its loans.

WSJ retirement reporter Anne Tergesen joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss what retirees can expect.

0:00 What is the debt ceiling?
0:50 How Social Security payments work
2:13 Social Security checks and the debt ceiling
3:43 The Social Security trust fund
5:39 Potential solutions

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Tags: social security, social security payments, debt ceiling

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