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PubMed1982

Actuarial status of the old-age and survivors insurance and disability insurance trust funds.

The 1982 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) and Disability Insurance (DI) Trust Funds indicates sever financial problems in both the short and the long range. The short-range financial status is significantly worse than was estimated last year, after enactment of the 1981 legislation, because of continuing unfavorable economic conditions. The estimated long-range deficit is the same as the deficit that was estimated last year before the 1981 legislation and is therefore somewhat worse than was estimated immediately after enactment of the legislation. Under present law, which authorizes temporary interfund borrowing amount the OASI, DI, and Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Funds, the OASI Trust Fund would become unable to pay benefits on time by July 1983. The assets of the DI Trust Fund, on the other hand, are expected to grow rapidly in both the short and long range. If the assets of both the OASI and DI Trust Funds were combined, however, the two funds would still become unable to pay benefits on time by the latter half of 1983, based on all four sets of economic and demographic assumptions in the 1982 report. Even if the temporary interfund borrowing authority in present law were extended, the combined assets of the OASI, DI, and HI Trust Funds would become insufficient to pay benefits on time by 1984, based on the two less favorable sets of assumptions in the 1982 report. Based on the other two, more favorable, sets of assumptions, the three combined funds could pay benefits on time through the 1980's but there would be little or no margin of safety to permit timely payment of benefits if economic conditions are even slightly less favorable.

Costs and Cost Analysis↗
PubMed1983

Actuarial status of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds.

This article summarizes the current financial and actuarial status of the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program. The data presented are from the 1983 Trustees Report for the program following enactment of the Social Security Amendments of 1983. The actuarial estimates show that benefits can be paid on time throughout the 1980's and for many years thereafter. However, trust fund levels are projected to be relatively low through 1987, and the program could again experience financial difficulties in the near future if economic conditions become worse than anticipated under the pessimistic Alternative III assumptions. After 1987, the program's ability to withstand economic downturns is projected to improve. On the basis of intermediate assumptions, the OASDI program is now in long-range actuarial balance. This actuarial balance reflects substantial year-by-year surpluses during the first half of the 75-year projection period that slightly outweigh substantial deficits later on.

Costs and Cost Analysis↗
PubMed1999

Federal old-age, survivors and disability insurance; determining disability and blindness; extension of expiration dates for several body system listings. Social Security Administration (SSA). Final rule.

SSA adjudicates claims at the third step of its sequential evaluation process for evaluating disability using the Listing of Impairments (the Listings) under the Social Security and supplemental security income (SSI) programs. This final rule extends the dates on which several body system listings will no longer be effective. We have made no revisions to the medical criteria in these listings; they remain the same as they now appear in the Code of Federal Regulations. These extensions will ensure that we continue to have medical evaluation criteria in these listings to adjudicate claims for disability based on impairments in these body systems at step three of our sequential evaluation process.

Disability Evaluation↗
PubMed1987

Actuarial status of the OASI (old age survivors insurance) and DI (disability insurance) Trust Funds.

This article summarizes the current financial condition and actuarial status of the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program, as shown in the 1987 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees. The Trustees note that the assets of the OASI and DI Trust Funds, on a combined basis, will be sufficient to permit the timely payment of OASDI benefits for many years into the future, on the basis of all four sets of assumptions shown in the report. For the next 75 years, the estimates show that the OASDI program, overall, is in close actuarial balance, based on the two intermediate sets of assumptions. The DI program by itself, however, is not in close actuarial balance for the next 75 years. The actuarial deficit for the DI program could be remedied by a small reallocation of the contribution rate from OASI to DI, in such a way that the OASI program would remain in close actuarial balance and OASDI benefits would not be affected. Although the Trustees are not recommending such a reallocation, they note that the financial condition of the DI program will need to be carefully monitored.

Financing, Organized↗
PubMed1991

Federal old-age, survivors and disability insurance (1950- ); determining disability and blindness; extension of expiration date for cardiovascular system listing--Social Security Administration. Final rule.

We are extending the expiration date of the cardiovascular system listing found in appendix 1 of part 404, subpart P, from June 6, 1991, to June 6, 1992. We have made no revisions in the medical criteria in the cardiovascular listings; they remain the same as they now appear in the Code of Federal Regulations. We are presently considering revisions to update the medical criteria contained in part A and part B of the listing, and any revised criteria will be published as a proposed rule when we have completed our review. Insofar as Medicare eligibility is based on entitlement to disability insurance benefits under title II of the Act, this proposed regulation affects the Medicare program. To the extent that Medicaid eligibility is based on title XVI eligibility, this proposed regulation affects the Medicaid program.

Aged↗
PubMed1997

Incentives to disability in federal disability insurance and supplemental security income.

Between 1989 and 1994, Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income, the 2 federal programs that provide disability benefits, expanded rapidly. The largest growth has been among recipients with mental disorders in the Disability Insurance program and among children with learning disabilities in the Supplemental Security Income program. The expansion was partly due to changes in eligibility rules and partly to other factors including outreach efforts by the Social Security Administration and a lack of funds to review and terminate cases. Factors that keep many of the disabled from seeking work include a fear of being unable to obtain health insurance, which is provided to beneficiaries under Disability Insurance and Social Security Insurance, and the fear of being unable to obtain and keep stable employment. Although children's Supplemental Security Income benefits have reduced poverty in families with disabled children, there is some evidence that parents are encouraging their children to behave poorly so they can qualify. Replacing present welfare and disability programs with national health insurance and a guaranteed annual income would eliminate the work disincentives, but such dramatic restructuring is unlikely in the context of present political debates.

Eligibility Determination↗
PubMed1992

[Problems and disability pension in back and spinal diseases in occupational disability insurance].

In the German disability insurance, exclusion clauses are the dominating approach to the underwriting of low back pain. This is due to a lack of clear prognostic factors, the nonexistence of severity classifications and the strong impact of individual and psychological circumstances. Considering various clinical, individual and psychological indicators, a new system is introduced to allocate the prognosis of lower back pain to four levels of severity. This approach makes it possible to use extra ratings instead of exclusion clauses of mild and moderate low back pain.

Back Pain↗
PubMed1993

[Variations by canton in the use of medical observation centers of the disability-insurance in Switzerland].

The Medical Observation Centres of the state Disability Insurance (COMAI) are specialized agencies serving the cantonal commissions of the Disability Insurance in Switzerland. Using data collected for each case examined by the COMAI, utilisation rates and rankings were established for each canton. Utilisation rates varied by a factor of 40 from one canton to the next. This observed variation is independent of the number of new cases presenting to the Disability Insurance and of the number of disability pensions granted. Rankings were also independent of denominators used to define utilisation rates. These results suggest possible non-uniform application of state directives concerning the use of the COMAI, and unequal access to these specialized agencies. The reasons for these variations are the object of a study now underway.

Disability Evaluation↗
PubMed1984

A comparison of MMPI profiles for state and private disability insurance applicants.

The use of the MMPI in predicting successful rehabilitation outcomes has met with limited success. Because the motives of a disability insurance applicant may differ greatly from a disability insurance recipient, disability applicants were investigated. The MMPI scores of state disability applicants and private industrial insurance applicants were compared to a control group. Positive outcomes of test taking was possible for all three groups. Significant group differences were found for scales F, Hs, D, Hy, Pd, Pa, Pt, Sc, and Ma. Significant sex differences were found for scales Hs, D, Hy, Mf, Pt, and Sc.

Adult↗
PubMed1982

Recent trends in the Social Security Disability Insurance Program.

Earlier analysis documented the rapid growth of the Disability Insurance (DI) program from 1966 to 1975; this article discusses trends since 1975. Over the decade of the 1970's, the population insured for disability increased by 34 percent, and women as a proportion of the insured population rose from 32.4 percent in 1970 to 39.1 percent in 1980, reflecting the increase in female labor-force participation. Of disabled workers receiving benefits, the proportion that were women rose from 28.4 percent in 1970 to 32.4 percent in 1979. Although inflation caused total benefit costs to rise over the entire period, the number of DI beneficiaries began to decline in 1978. Disabled-worker awards reached a peak in 1975 and fell subsequently so that the 1969 and 1981 figures are approximately equal. Relative to 1970, the fraction of awards going to women increased, the share for persons aged 50-54 rose, and the proportion received by those aged 60-64 declined. Decreased in total awards, and hence recipients, stemmed primarily from higher rates of denial at both the initial application and the reconsideration stages. Higher denials were countered by substantial rises in the number of hearings and reversals by administrative law judges (ALJ's). in 1980, only 65 percent of all awards came from initial applications, while over a fourth resulted from ALJ reversals. In future years, recent legislative changes may be expected to curtail program expansion further.

Adult↗
PubMed1982

Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind and Disabled; representative payment--SSA. Final rule.

These final regulations reorganize and restate in simpler language our regulations on representative payment under titles II, Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI), and XVI, Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled (SSI) of the Social Security Act. These regulations (1) explain representative payment; (2) state when title II and title XVI benefits will be paid to a representative payee rather than directly to the entitled person; (3) indicate the procedure we follow in selecting a representative payee; (4) specify the responsibilities of a representative payee; and (5) clarify our responsibilities to the beneficiary when we make payments to a representative payee on his or her behalf.

Social Security↗