The Ethical Life

What can be done to save Social Security and Medicare?


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Episode 80: America is aging, and that is putting the spotlight again on how much we spend on Medicare and Social Security, two popular programs that are not in great fiscal shape. 

Hosts Richard Kyte and Scott Rada discuss possible fixes, along with what actually seems to be stopping us from addressing this problem.

Links to stories discussed during the podcast:

7 changes Americans are willing to make to fix Social Security — including one with "overwhelming bipartisan support," by Lorie Konish, CNBC

5 fixes that could help save Medicare, by Jackie Stewart, Kiplinger

About the hosts: Scott Rada is social media manager with Lee Enterprises, and Richard Kyte is the director of the D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wis.

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