Disability Insurance
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The Good News on Social Security: We Have More Time to Improve Disability Insurance
This week's Social Security Trustees' report warned that the program is on a path toward insolvency, with the theoretically combined trust fund set to...
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Analysis of the 2019 Social Security Trustees’ Report
The Social Security Trustees released their annual report today, continuing to show that the Social Security program must address its funding...
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Social Security Only 16 Years From Insolvency
The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports today, showing the Medicare Part A trust fund will be insolvent in seven years...
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SSDI Solutions Initiative Releases Paper on Developing Demonstrations Based on Lessons Learned
The McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative yesterday released the first of a series of papers on how to improve policies for people with...
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Rokita Introduces Reforms to SSDI
Our McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative shows the importance of improving the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program and puts...
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Ways and Means Subcommittee Examines Changes to the SSDI Appeals Process
The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on July 25 regarding changes to the adjudication process for the Social...
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Does the President's Budget Slash Social Security and Medicare?
Several lawmakers have claimed that President Trump's latest budget would " slash," " gut," and " devastate" Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid...
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Marc Goldwein: Three Smart Reforms in Trump's Budget
Marc Goldwein is the senior vice president and senior policy director of the Commitee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion...
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Trump Budget Includes Meaningful SSDI Reforms
President Trump has been disappointingly reluctant to propose any changes to improve the solvency of Social Security's retirement program, but his...
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Senators Cotton and Lee Propose Ideas to Strengthen SSDI
Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation recently to help improve the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program...
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Jim McCrery and Earl Pomeroy: It's time for action on Social Security disability insurance
The Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program provides vital benefits to 11 million workers with disabilities and their families, but much...
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Event Recap: McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative Recommendations Release
On Wednesday, April 6, the McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative released its final recommendations and book of policy proposals dedicated to...