Completing the Picture: Key Features of the Social Security Disability Insurance Program

Article Publication Date: 
3/30/2014
Summary: 
In this brief, the authors summarize key features of the Social Security Disability Insurance program and describe some of the salient issues policymakers will need to consider to address the projected depletion of the SSDI Trust Fund in 2016. They also discuss the eligibility criteria for the program, benefit levels, and beneficiaries' ability to work.
Article Author: 
Mann, David R.; Stapleton, David C.; O'Day, Bonnie L.
Topics: 
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Populations: 
Physical Disabilities
Sources: 
ASPE/DALTCP
Programs/Initiatives: 
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Social Security Disability Insurance; Social Security Administration; labor force demographics; poverty; application process; appeals; safety net; SSDI Trust Fund; benefit levels

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