scholarly journals Cash Benefits under Voluntary Disability Insurance in the United States

1942 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 434
Author(s):  
Harvey Lebrun ◽  
Elizabeth L. Otey
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cash Benefits

scholarly journals Understanding the Increase in Disability Insurance Benefit Receipt in the United States

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey B. Liebman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Good Time ◽  
Disability Benefits ◽  
Trust Fund ◽  
Disability Benefit ◽  
Insurance Benefit ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Congressional Action

The share of working-age Americans receiving disability benefits from the federal Disability Insurance (DI) program has increased significantly in recent decades, from 2.2 percent in the late 1970s to 3.6 percent in the years immediately preceding the 2007–2009 recession and 4.6 percent in 2013. With the federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund currently projected to be depleted in 2016, Congressional action of some sort is likely to occur within the next several years. It is therefore a good time to sort out the competing explanations for the increase in disability benefit receipt and to review some of the ideas that economists have put forth for reforming US disability programs.

scholarly journals Taking a practical look at the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the United States

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie Bibens
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Americans With Disabilities Act ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
The United States ◽  
The World

This presentation will provide a practical look at the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the United States. This disability non-discrimination act has undergone recent amendments changing the landscape for employers and changing their responsibilities to stay compliant. We will review how the changes in the ADA differ today for employers in the United States and we will also provide a comparison with other discriminatory acts in the world. The changes to be discussed include issues of “qualification” and “reasonableness” of accommodation and what these changes mean to real employer examples. The example will demonstrate one disability insurance carrier's approach to addressing this change by providing in support of their policyholders’ responsibilities to stay compliant.

Perceptions of Deservingness and the Politicization of Social Insurance: Evidence From Disability Insurance in the United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 543-559
Author(s):  
Albert H. Fang ◽  
Gregory A. Huber
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
Prior Work ◽  
Assistance Programs ◽  
National Surveys ◽  
Potential Abuse ◽  
Social Security Disability

Concerns about the deservingness of policy beneficiaries appear to explain skepticism about redistributive social assistance programs. Many social insurance programs, despite requiring beneficiaries to pay in ahead of time, require discretionary evaluations of the merits of claims for benefits. Do perceptions of deservingness also affect attitudes toward these discretionary social insurance programs? Examining the politics of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), a program whose size and beneficiaries have been increasingly politicized, we investigate these questions by analyzing novel survey data and two experiments conducted on national surveys. We show that people use information about a beneficiary’s eligibility-determining impairment—but not their race, which prior work argues is a key heuristic—to infer their deservingness. Moreover, support for SSDI is responsive to policy arguments emphasizing the program’s social insurance features and potential abuse. Our findings demonstrate important psychological processes relevant to the contemporary politicization of social insurance programs involving discretionary eligibility rules.

Compulsory Temporary Disability Insurance in the United States.

1959 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Monroe Newman ◽  
Grant M. Osborn
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
The United States
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