Social security, health insurance, and unemployment insurance help Americans through life's ups and downs. Benjamin Veghte explains the benefits and challenges to these programs and offers ways they can adapt to changing jobs and family structures.

For More on This Topic:

• Read his 2015 brief on social security and inequality.
• Or find the most recent research in his full report, Report to the New Leadership and the American People on Social Insurance and Inequality.

Further Reading:

• How Social Insurance Protects Americans from Growing Economic Risks, Theodore R. Marmor, Yale University
• How to Fix America's Broken Unemployment Benefits, Alix Gould-Werth, University of Michigan, Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Columbia University