The Social Security Disability system is vital to disabled workers as it is frequently the only financial resource that keeps them from living in abject poverty. The National Organization of Social Security Claims Representatives (NOSSCR) reports that the Social Security Administration and its disability system is the subject of a congressional inquiry.
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On December 2, 2011 the House Social Security Subcommittee held the first of what will be a series of hearings focused on the disability insurance program. The subject of the hearing was securing the future of the disability program. The subject of the next hearing will be fraud; no date has been announced.
Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) characterized the need for a hearing to look at solutions to address the current massive strains on the program. Ranking Minority Member Xavier Becerra (D-CA) indicated that there is room for improvement but not for retreat.
There were three witnesses. Their written testimony is available online at https://waysandmeans.house.gov/Calendar/EventSingle.aspx?EventID=270233
- Stephen Goss, SSA Chief Actuary
- Virginia Reno, National Academy of Social Insurance vice-president
- Andrew Biggs, American Enterprise Institute Resident Scholar.
The RAND study to which Dr. Biggs refers is available online at https://www.mrrc.isr.umich.edu/publications/papers/pdf/wp241.pdf
A constant worry is that Congress or the SSA will address the budgetary problems of the SSD system by cutting benefits or worse restricting more people from the system by increasing the difficulty of an already difficult burden of proof to receive a finding of total disability.
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