http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/02/washington/02benefit.htm
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Medicare's hospital insurance trust fund, a widely watched gauge of
the program's solvency, will run out of money in 2018, two years
earlier than projected in last year's report, the trustees said.
And the Social Security trust fund will be exhausted in 2040, one year
earlier than projected last year, the trustees said. At that point, in
2040, Social Security tax collections would be adequate to pay only 74
percent of scheduled benefits.
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