SSDI Solutions: Ideas to Strengthen the Social Security Disability Insurance Program
Below is each individual chapter and respective appendices (when available) from the McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solution Initiative's book, SSDI Solutions: Ideas to Strengthen the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, the culmination of the project.
Published physical copies of the book are available for purchase on Amazon.com.
Section I: Introduction
1. Seizing the Opportunity: Ideas for Improving Disability Programs
by Co-Chairs Jim McCrery and Earl Pomeroy
2. An Overview of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
by Patricia Owens
Section II: Early Intervention
3. The Employment/Eligibility Service System: A New Gateway for Employment Supports and Social Security Disability Benefits
by David Stapleton, Yonatan Ben-Shalom, and David Mann
4. A Community-Focused Health & Work Service (HWS)
by Jennifer Christian, Thomas Wickizer, and A. Kim Burton
5. Using Transitional Jobs to Increase Employment of SSDI Applicants and Beneficiaries
by Julie Kerksick, David Riemer, and Conor Williams
Discussion of Early Intervention Proposals
by Lisa D. Ekman
Section III: Program Administration
6. Data-Driven Solutions for Improving the Continuing Disability Review Process
by Alexandra Constantin, Julia Porcino, John Collins, and Chunxiao Zhou
7. Social Security Disability Adjudicative Reform: Ending the Reconsideration Stage of SSDI Adjudication after Sixteen Years of Testing and Enhancing Initial Stage Record Development
by Jon C. Dubin
8. Social Security: Restructuring Disability Adjudication
by David W. Engel, Dale Glendening, and Jeffrey S. Wolfe
Discussion of Program Administration Proposals
by Margaret Malone
Section IV: Interaction with Other Programs
9. Expanding Disability Insurance Coverage to Help the SSDI Program
by David F. Babbel and Mark F. Meyer
10. Ensuring Access to Long-Term Services and Supports for People with Disabilities and Chronic Conditions
by Mark Perriello
11. Improving the Interaction Between the SSDI and Workers' Compensation Programs
by John F. Burton Jr. and Xuguang (Steve) Guo
Discussion of Interaction with Other Programs Proposals
by David Wittenburg
Section V: Structural Reforms
12. Transitional Benefits for a Subset of the Social Security Disability Insurance Population
by Kim Hildred, Pamela Mazerski, Harold J. Krent, and Jennifer Christian
13. Beyond All or Nothing: Reforming Social Security Disability Insurance to Encourage Work and Wealth
by Jason J. Fichtner and Jason S. Seligman
14. Exploring an Alternative Social Security Definition of Disability
by Neil Jacobson, Aya Aghabi, Barbara Butz, and Anita Aaron
Discussion of Structural Reform Proposals
by Art Spencer
Section VI: International Comparisons and Long-Term Solvency
15. Approaches to Assisting Working-Aged People with Disabilities: Insights from Around the World
by Robert Haveman
16. Options to Address SSDI's Financial Shortfall
by Marc Goldwein and Edward Lorenzen