>Medicare, Social Security Funds Expiring Sooner, U.S. Says
May 13, 2011, 4:44 PM EDT
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By Drew Armstrong and Brian Faler
(Adds trust projection change in 16th paragraph.)
May 13 (Bloomberg) — Medicare, the U.S. health insurance program for the elderly and disabled, and the Social Security trust for the disabled and retirees are running out of money sooner than the government had projected.
While Medicare won’t have sufficient funds to pay full benefits starting in 2024, five years earlier than last year’s estimate, Social Security’s cash to pay full benefits runs short in 2036, a year sooner than the 2010 projection, the U.S. government said today in an annual report
