Article Publication Date:
11/15/2003
Summary:
Review two papers that center on the topic of public disability and health benefits and the fundamentals of the Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income programs and their relationships with Medicare and Medicaid. Part I looks at definitions, distinctions and overlaps; it reviews the effects on the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act. Part II discusses major initiative and issues in these programs in light of growing administrative, fiscal, and other problems.
Topics:
Medicaid
Types/Tools:
Sources:
National Health Policy Forum
Programs/Initiatives:
Ticket to Work
States:
Keywords:
LIFE Accounts
Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999; Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996; TWWIIA; Disability Insurance; DI-Medicare Linkage; SSI-Medicaid Linkage; Supplemental Security Income; PRWORA
Contact
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