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Intro -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- Contents -- Preface -- International Social Security Agreements -- Summary -- Introduction -- Main Purposes -- Eliminating Dual Social Security Taxation -- Filling Gaps in Social Security Coverage -- Other Goals -- Negotiation, Congressional Review, and Implementation -- Nature and Authority -- Legislative History of Section 233 of the Social Security Act -- Selection of Partner Countries -- Negotiation and Conclusion of Agreements -- Congressional Review of Agreements -- Implementation of Agreements -- Changes and Termination of Agreements -- Current Social Security Agreements -- Totalization Benefits -- Benefit Application Process -- Computation of Benefits -- Monitoring of Beneficiaries -- Effects of Agreements on Selected Provisions of the Social Security Act -- Waiver of the Alien Nonpayment Provision -- Legislative History of Payment Rules for Noncitizens -- Exemption from the Windfall Elimination Provision -- Application of a Work Test -- Qualification for Medicare Hospital Insurance -- Issues and Concerns -- Assessing Risks Associated with Future Agreements -- Determining Eligibility for Benefits under an Agreement -- Related Testimony by GAO and SSA in 2006 -- Status of SSA Initiatives in 2009 -- The Role of Congress -- Legislation in the 111th Congress -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Computation of the Social Security Primary Insurance Amount -- Appendix B. Exception Countries -- Social Insurance or Pension System Countries -- Treaty Obligation Countries -- Acknowledgments -- End Notes -- Social Security: Your Payments While You Are Outside the United States -- Introduction -- When You are "Outside the United States" -- What Happens to Your Right to Social Security Payments When You Are Outside the United States

Intro -- SOCIAL SECURITY: POLICY OPTIONS AND LONG-TERM PROJECTIONS -- SOCIAL SECURITY: POLICY OPTIONS AND LONG-TERM PROJECTIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 SOCIAL SECURITY POLICY OPTIONS* -- Summary -- The Outlook for Social Security's Finances -- Policy Options -- Effects of the Options -- Introduction -- An Overview of Social Security -- Social Security Projections -- Assessing Options for Changing Social Security -- Key Elements of Social Security -- Scope of the Options -- Effects of the Options on the System's Finances -- Effects of the Options on Payroll Taxes Paid and Benefits Received by Various Groups -- Effects of the Options on Work and Saving -- Options That Would Change the Taxation of Earnings -- Option 1: Increase the Payroll Tax Rate by 1 Percentage Point in 2012 -- Option 2: Increase the Payroll Tax Rate by 2 Percentage Points Over 20 Years -- Option 3: Increase the Payroll Tax Rate by 3 Percentage Points Over 60 Years -- Option 4: Eliminate the Taxable Maximum -- Option 5: Raise the Taxable Maximum to Cover 90 Percent of Earnings -- Option 6: Tax Covered Earnings above the Taxable Maximum -- Do Not Increase Benefits -- Option 7: Tax Covered Earnings up to 250,000 -- Do Not Increase Benefits -- Option 8: Tax All Earnings Above the Taxable Maximum at 4 Percent -- Do Not Increase Benefits -- Option 9: Tax All Earnings above 250,000 at 4 Percent -- Do Not Increase Benefits -- Options That Would Change the Benefit Formula -- Option 10: Raise from 35 to 38 the Years of Earnings Included in the AIME -- Option 11: Index Earnings in the AIME Formula to Prices -- Option 12: Reduce All PIA Factors by 15 Percent -- Option 13: Reduce the Top Two PIA Factors by Roughly One-Third -- Option 14: Reduce the Top PIA Factor by One-Third -- Option 15: Reduce All PIA Factors by 0.5 Percent Annually

"Takes up the more evident basic faults and underlying fallacies common to all of the subdivisions of social insurance."--Pref. ; "Social security is abridged from Social insurance and economic security."--Introd. ; Mode of access: Internet.