Examining the Likelihood of Experiencing Productivity Loss and Receiving Social Security Disability Income Following the Onset of Chronic Disease

Because of the War on Drugs, the number of prisoners age fifty-five and older more than doubled every ten years, making them the fastest growing age group of the prison population. Formerly incarcerated older adults who spent years subjected to poor living conditions in prison increase Medicaid and Medicare costs after they are released. Many of them were reaching the age of retirement, but most would receive a minimum Social Security payment due to years of unemployment, and few were eligible for Supplemental Security Income or Social Security Disability Income. For those who lost family and friends over the years, through death, divorce, or rejection, their old age life was going to be hard. The accounts of aging drug users show that addiction was a debatable concept. Many believed that they had an addicted brain or that they had inherited addiction from their alcoholic parents. However, some baby boomer drug users learned to control their use through moderation or marijuana; others used methadone to help them control drug use legally as they aged.

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Clinical and social factors predict application for Social Security disability benefits by workers with back injuries

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e591982007-027 ◽

2007 ◽

Keyword(s):

Social Security ◽

Social Factors ◽

Disability Benefits ◽

Back Injuries ◽

Social Security Disability Benefits ◽

Social Security Disability

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Social Security Disability and Substance Use

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e610032012-002 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

R. Noblitt ◽

P. Noblitt

Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Social Security ◽

Social Security Disability

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Who’s at risk of entering Social Security Disability Insurance? A comparison of application and allowance rates for groups of at-risk individuals

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation ◽

10.3233/jvr-201110 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 53 (3) ◽

pp. 341-352 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kara Contreary ◽

Todd Honeycutt

Keyword(s):

At Risk ◽

Social Security ◽

Disability Insurance ◽

Risk Groups ◽

Evidence Base ◽

Social Security Disability Insurance ◽

Program Participation ◽

Before And After ◽

Social Security Disability ◽

Employment Characteristics

BACKGROUND: The U.S. government has implemented several programs to reduce federal expenditures on Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) and help beneficiaries return to work, but the limited success of these efforts has raised interest in approaches that help workers with disabilities remain in the workforce. OBJECTIVE: This paper provides information on individuals at risk of applying for DI benefits to help build the evidence base for policies that provide workers with disabilities support to eliminate the need to apply for and receive DI benefits. METHODS: Using three panels of the Survey of Income and Program Participation matched to SSA administrative data, we describe the employment characteristics of seven groups at risk of applying for DI benefits before and after application, as well as the outcomes of their DI applications. RESULTS: New private disability insurance recipients were more likely to apply for and receive DI than members of other at-risk groups. However, individuals with high healthcare expenditures made up the largest proportion of successful applicants across the at-risk groups considered here. CONCLUSION: While it seems plausible that individuals within an at-risk group who are likely to apply for DI benefits can be identified and provided supports to help them maintain employment, focusing on a specific group to promote employment over DI benefits may have a limited effect on the DI program because applicants come from multiple groups.

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