These key programs should not be seen as budgetary scapegoats for an increase in debt they did not cause.
Social Security is the only inflation-protected, guaranteed source of income people can count on when they retire.
Medicare provides the critical health coverage that seniors rely on and need.
The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.33 percent with a design effect of 1.99.
The panel provides sample coverage of approximately 97% of the U.S. household population.
Those excluded from the sample include people with P.O.
While most AmeriSpeak households participate in surveys by web, non-internet households can participate in AmeriSpeak surveys by telephone.
The size of the selected sample per sampling stratum is determined by the population distribution for each stratum.
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