Social Security's Reckoning: Dr. Jason Fichtner Explains What the New Trustees Report Means for 401(k) Savers
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The recently released 2026 Social Security Trustees Report once again shortened the timeline for when the trust funds paying out benefits to more than 75 million Americans will become insolvent unless lawmakers finally step in and do something about it.
To find out what the new report really means for workplace retirement plan participants, 401(k) Specialist Editor-in-Chief Brian Anderson talks with Jason Fichtner, Ph.D., executive director of the LIMRA Retirement Income Institute and a former acting deputy commissioner of the Social Security Administration.
Fichtner talks us through the underlying issues regarding the program’s looming insolvency, how it impacts what 401(k) participants need to be thinking about along with the increasing need for in-plan guaranteed income solutions, and concludes with thoughts about possible SECURE 3.0 retirement legislation in the not-too-distant future.
SEE ALSO:
• 2026 Social Security Trustees Report Moves Insolvency to 2032
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