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The Case for Updating SSI Asset Limits
Raising or eliminating asset limits would reduce administrative burdens without dramatically increasing enrollment.
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Social Security’s Disability Insurance (SSDI) program provides modest but vital benefits to workers who can no longer do substantial work due to a severe medical impairment.
We work to ensure that the program is adequately funded and to analyze reform proposals to determine their impact on the program’s long-term solvency and its beneficiaries.
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The Big Picture On Disability Benefits
In light of the Washington Post’s new profile of a Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) applicant in Lamar County, Alabama, let’s put the story in its proper context:
The...
Older Americans Working Longer, Claiming Social Security Later
Older Americans are working longer and claiming their Social Security benefits later, new research from the Social Security Administration shows.
Social Security recipients can begin to claim...
U.S. Disability Benefits Modest by International Standards
U.S. spending on public disability benefits remains low by international standards, new figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) show (see graph).
As our chart...
Young People with Disabilities Vulnerable to Food Insecurity
Young people with disabilities are likelier to be “food insecure,” or have trouble affording adequate food, than other young people, two recent studies show. These studies echo earlier findings...
House’s Social Security Administration Cuts Would Hurt Customer Service and Program Integrity
After years of Social Security Administration (SSA) funding cuts, the House Appropriations Committee has proposed yet more damaging cuts to the agency for 2017. As our report explains, SSA’s core...
Social Security Administration Budget Cuts Hurt Communities Nationwide
As baby boomers age into their peak years for retirement and disability, demands on the Social Security Administration (SSA) are reaching all-time highs. Yet policymakers have cut SSA’s core...
Social Security Administration Cuts Hurt Every State
The demands on the Social Security Administration are extraordinarily high. Yet Congress has cut SSA’s core operating budget by 17 percent since...
DI at 60: 6 Key Facts
Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) turns 60 today. Workers contribute to Social Security to protect against the financial risks of old age, ill health, and death of a breadwinner....
Even Disability Recipients Who Recover Have Limited Work Capacity
Most Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) beneficiaries whose benefits stop because their medical condition has improved have little capacity for substantial and sustained work, a new study...
What the 2016 Trustees’ Report Shows About Social Security
Social Security can pay full benefits for close to two decades, the trustees’ latest annual report shows, but will then face a significant, though manageable, funding shortfall that policymakers...