cial Security Funding Has Worked, So Far While Medicare/Medicaid Are Underfunded by $5.6 Trillion Since Inception in 1965 Annual Real Net Income of Social Security / Medicare / Medicaid, 1940 — 2009 Social Security Reform of 1983 Raised taxes by 2.3% Reduced benefits by 5% $100 ——— Social Security ——Medicare (Part A/ B/D) $150 -—