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J A Svahn

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PubMed1983

Social Security Amendments of 1983: legislative history and summary of provisions.

This article traces the legislative history of the new law from the report, on January 20, 1983, of the recommendations of the National Commission on Social Security Reform (which formed the basis of this legislation) to enactment, on April 20, 1983, of Public Law 98-21. It also analyzes the provisions of Public Law 98-21, which, among other things, delay the annual cost-of-living adjustments in benefits from July to January of each each year, make up to one-half of the benefits received by higher-income beneficiaries subject to income taxes, gradually raise the retirement age early in the next century, call for the earlier implementation of schedule payroll tax increases, and put new Federal employees under the Social Security program. The legislation also establishes a new system of prospective payment for hospital services under Medicare and extends supplementary unemployment compensation benefits that otherwise would have expired in March 1983.

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PubMed1982

Restoration of certain minimum benefits and other OASDI program changes: legislative history and summary of provisions.

The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97-35), enacted on August 13, 1981, contained a provision to eliminate the minimum-benefit provision under the Social Security program for both current and future beneficiaries. Although a large majority of the members of both Houses of Congress accepted the measure in the broad context of the Reconciliation Act, there was considerable reaction against it and the provision was reconsidered. On December 29, 1981, new legislation restored the minimum benefit for current, but not future, beneficiaries. To lessen the cash-flow problems of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) program, Public Law 97-123 also authorizes borrowing among the several trust funds and calls for the coverage, for Social Security tax and benefit purposes, of sick pay during the first 6 months of nonwork. In this article, the Commissioner of Social Security traces the legislative development of these and other provisions contained in the new law. He points out that, although the added expenditures for minimum benefits ultimately will be offset by the coverage of sick pay, the net short-term effect of the two provisions will be higher program costs. The interfund borrowing provision, however, could permit the payment of benefits on a timely basis throughout 1982 and the first 6 months of 1983.

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PubMed1981

Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981: legislative history and summary of OASDI and Medicare provisions.

In this article, the Commissioner of Social Security traces the legislative development and summarizes the final form of changes in the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) and Medicare programs incorporated in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97-35). This legislation, signed into law by President Reagan on August 13, contains a major portion of his Program for Economic Recovery, announced to the Nation in February. The final section of the article shows that, although the Social Security and Medicare provisions in Public Law 97-35 will have a favorable effect on the overall financial status of the OASDI and Hospital Insurance Trust Funds, these changes will not be sufficient to restore the financial soundness of the programs in the near term or over the long range.

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