Social Security disability insurance [[electronic resource] /] / Kimberly R. Powell, editor

• Pubblicazione: Hauppauge, NY, : Nova Science Publishers, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (132 p.)
• Disciplina: 368.4/2
• Soggetto topico: Disability insurance - United States; Social security - United States
• Altri autori: PowellKimberly R
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 PRIMER ON DISABILITY BENEFITS: SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE (SSDI) AND SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME (SSI) -- SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME -- TYPE OF BENEFITS AND AVERAGE BENEFIT LEVELS -- SSDI -- SSI -- ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS -- Definition of Disability -- SSDI -- SSI -- DISABILITY DETERMINATION PROCESS -- PROGRAM FINANCING INFORMATION -- SSDI -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 DISABILITY BENEFITS AVAILABLE UNDER THE SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE (SSDI) AND VETERANS DISABILITY COMPENSATION (VDC) PROGRAMS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE -- Eligibility Requirements -- SSDI Benefits -- SSDI Determination Process -- SSDI Four-Step Appeals Process -- Step 1 in the SSDI Appeals Process (Reconsideration) -- Step 2 in the SSDI Appeals Process (Administrative Hearing) -- Step 3 in the SSDI Appeals Process (Social Security Appeals Council) -- Step 4 in the SSDI Appeals Process (U.S. District Court) -- VETERANS DISABILITY COMPENSATION -- Background in Brief -- VDC Eligibility Requirements -- VDC Determination Process -- 100%/Total Disability Ratings -- Presumptive Conditions -- VDC Benefits -- VDC Appeals Process -- DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN SSDI AND VDC PROGRAMS -- Comparison of Recipient Populations -- SSDI and VDC Program Administration -- Health Care Benefits for SSDI and VDC Recipients -- Thresholds for Substantial Gainful Activity under SSDI and Substantially Gainful Employment under VDC -- Differences in the Disability Evaluation Process -- Differences in the Treatment of Benefits -- CONTINUED DIVERGENCE BETWEEN SSA AND VA DISABILITY PROGRAMS -- Assessing VA Disability Compensation for Noneconomic Loss. ; Challenges Facing Federal Disability Programs in Brief -- SSA Plan to Address Program Issues -- VA Response to VDC Program Criticism -- End Notes -- Chapter 3 SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE: THE FIVE-MONTH WAITING PERIOD FOR SSDI BENEFITS -- SUMMARY -- THE FIVE-MONTH WAITING PERIOD FOR DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS -- The Five-Month Waiting Period -- Retroactive Benefits -- Exception to the Five-Month Waiting Period -- LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE SSDI WAITING PERIOD -- Congressional Reasoning for the Waiting Period -- Changes to the SSDI Waiting Period -- POTENTIAL INCOME SUPPORTS DURING THE FIVE-MONTH WAITING PERIOD -- Supplemental Security Income -- Temporary Disability Insurance -- Workers' Compensation -- Unemployment Compensation -- Private Disability Insurance -- IMPACT OF THE FIVE-MONTH SSDI WAITING PERIOD -- End Notes -- Chapter 4 SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE: PARTICIPATION TRENDS AND THEIR FISCAL IMPLICATIONS -- HOW DOES THE DISABILITY INSURANCE PROGRAM WORK? -- Entry into the Program -- Benefits in the Program -- Exit from the Program -- WHY HAS THE NUMBER OF DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFICIARIES GROWN? -- Changes in the Characteristics of the Working-Age Population -- Changes in Federal Policy -- Changes in Employment Opportunities -- POSSIBLE APPROACHES TO CHANGING THE DISABILITY INSURANCE PROGRAM -- End Notes -- Chapter 5 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION: CASES OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND TRANSPORTATION DRIVERS AND OWNERS WHO FRAUDULENTLY AND/OR IMPROPERLY RECEIVED SSA DISABILITY PAYMENTS -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- Abbreviations -- BACKGROUND -- Disability Insurance -- Supplemental Security Income -- FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, COMMERCIAL DRIVERS, AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE COMPANY OWNERS RECEIVED SSA DISABILITY BENEFITS -- Federal Employees Receiving SSA Disability Benefits. ; Commercial Drivers and Transportation Business Registrants Receiving SSA Disability Benefits -- EXAMPLES OF INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING SSA DISABILITY BENEFITS FRAUDULENTLY AND/OR IMPROPERLY -- CONCLUSION -- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION -- APPENDIX I: EXAMPLES OF INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING SSA DISABILITY BENEFITS FRAUDULENTLY AND/OR IMPROPERLY -- APPENDIX II: ATTRIBUTES OF SELECTED CASES OF SSA DISABILITY BENEFICIARIES AND RECIPIENTS WHO FRAUDULENTLY AND/OR IMPROPERLY RECEIVED BENEFITS WHILE WORKING -- APPENDIX III: DEBT OWED TO SSA FROM OVERPAYMENT OF DI AND SSI BENEFITS IS MOUNTING -- APPENDIX IV: COMMENTS FROM THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION -- GAO Comments -- End Notes -- CHAPTER SOURCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.
• Titolo autorizzato: Social Security disability insurance
• ISBN: 1-61122-629-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827134303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: American Political, Economic, and Security Issues