Social Security and Medicare to run short sooner than expected
Social Security and Medicare -- the country's two biggest entitlement programs -- will run dry earlier than expected, according a report Friday from the programs' trustees.

Medicare could run out of money sooner than predicted
Medicare's largest trust fund would run out of money in 2024 without action to shore it up, the government predicts. Highlighting the financial peril confronting Medicare, the federal government predicted Friday that the program's largest trust fund would run out of money in 2024, five years earlier than projected last year.

Finances look worse for Medicare, Social Security
WASHINGTON, D.C. The bad economy is worsening the already-shaky finances of Medicare and Social Security, draining the trust funds supporting them faster than expected and intensifying the need for Congress to shore up the massive benefit programs, the government said Friday.

Medicare, Social Security trust funds draining fast
WASHINGTON #8212; The bad economy is worsening the already-shaky finances of Medicare and Social Security, draining the trust funds supporting them faster than expected and intensifying the need for Congress to shore up the massive benefit programs, the government said Friday.