If Social Security isn’t fixed, average Ohioan will lose $487 a month, report estimates

By: Marty Schladen

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: June 16, 2026

Words: 1,486

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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Huge numbers of Ohio seniors will likely be driven into poverty if Congress doesn’t do something to fix Social Security and Medicare, advocates say.

The Social Security and Medicare Board of Trustees last Tuesday issued a report saying that both programs will be insolvent in less than a decade.

That doesn’t mean the programs will shut down altogether, but it does mean a big cut in benefits. The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal …

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