June 15, 2005
Lifting the Cap
The possibility of raising the cap on payroll taxes may help to close the Social Security gap, but the option could pose other problems. Business correspondent Paul Solman examines both sides of this proposed solution.

May 25, 2005
Graying of America
The fastest growing age group in America is people over 85. Ray Suarez looks at what this all means with Nicholas Eberstadt, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, Marc Freedman, president and CEO of Civic Ventures, and Courtney Coile, assistant professor of economics at Wellesley College.

April 29, 2005
The President's Plan
Reiterating his Social Security reform proposals first outlined in a primetime news conference, President Bush on Friday called on Congress to consider his proposal to allow benefits for lower income earners to increase more quickly than for more wealthy individuals. Experts assess the president proposal and what it would mean for current and future retirees.

RealAudio: President Bush's complete April 28 news conference

April 26, 2005
Social Security Reform
As President Bush continued to stump for Social Security changes at an event in Galveston, Texas on Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee opened hearings on overhauling the retirement program, focusing on ways to address the insolvency issue from a panel of experts. Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and ranking Democrat Max Baucus, Mont., discuss the proposals aired at their hearing.

March 23, 2005
Debating Benefits, Retirement Age
Correspondent Paul Solman of WGBH-Boston examines the debate over changing Social Security:
Part I: Raising the Retirement Age

Part II: Changing Social Security Benefits

March 9, 2005
Congressional Dialogue
A trustee of the Social Security trust fund urged Congress Wednesday to address the shortfall expected when baby boomers retire. Gwen Ifill discusses how President Bush's Social Security proposal is playing out in Congress with Amy Walter, an analyst with the Cook Political Report, and Andy Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center.

March 4, 2005
Selling Social Security
President Bush jump-started his "60 stops in 60 days" Social Security reform campaign Friday in New Jersey and Indiana. Media correspondent Terence Smith reports on how the Bush administration is trying to sell its Social Security plan.

Feb. 28, 2005
How's It Playing Locally?
Members of Congress conducted town hall forums with their constituents to discuss and debate President Bush's Social Security proposal. Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW - Chicago reports from Wisconsin while Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Broadcasting visits with voters from Oregon.

Feb. 25, 2005
Looking at the Numbers
David Walker, head of the Government Accountability Office and a former Social Security Administration trustee, discusses some of the fiscal solvency difficulties and timelines facing the Social Security program.

Feb. 16, 2005
Debating the Philosophy
Jeffrey Brown speaks with Dinesh D'Souza, a fellow at the Hoover Institution, and Jacob Hacker, professor of political science at Yale University, about the philosophy behind President Bush's "ownership society."

Forum: D'Souza and Hacker answered your questions about the impetus behind making changes to Social Security.

Update: President Refuses to Rule Out Payroll Tax Hike

Feb. 4, 2005
Promoting Reform
President Bush traveled to five states Thursday and Friday to promote his ideas on reshaping Social Security, touching off a national debate over whether the 70-year-old program should be changed.

Feb. 3, 2005
Fixing Social Security
Correspondent Jeffrey Brown speaks with Peter Orszag, senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institute, and Michael Tanner, director of health and welfare studies at the Cato Institute, about personal accounts and other aspects of the president's proposal.

Forum: Orszag and Tanner answered your questions about President Bush's plan.

Feb. 2, 2005
Update: President Presses for Social Security Overhaul

State of the Union: President Bush outlines his plans to revamp Social Security and other domestic programs.

Democrats' Response: Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., criticize the president's Social Security proposal.

Jan. 11, 2005
Campaigning for Change
Two experts debate whether there is a crisis and the political reality behind the Bush proposal.

Dec. 16, 2004
Fixing Social Security
Two analysts put the Social Security crisis in perspective and discuss possible solutions.

Dec. 11, 2001
Social Security Reform
Health correspondent Susan Dentzer and experts assess the commission's December 2001 report.

Click here to view commission's report (PDF file)

Aug. 22, 2001
Keys to the Lockbox
Paul Solman explores the Social Security lockbox concept.