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Social Security Disability Insurance

Social Security Disability Insurance: A Primer  / Research Report
April 2009— This AARP Public Policy Institute Insight on the Issues by Ellen O’Brien provides an overview of the Social Security Disability Insurance program, including how the program works, who it serves, how it is administered, and how it is financed. (24 pages) (Publication ID: I28)

In Brief: Raising the Retirement Age Would Impact the Most Vulnerable  / Research Report
March 2009— This brief synopsis of an AARP Public Policy Institute Research Paper by Xiaoyan Li, Michael Hurd, and David S. Loughran of the RAND Corporation examines who might be adversely affected if the age of early eligibility for Social Security retirement benefits, currently 62, is increased. (2 pages) (Publication ID: INB169)

Social Security Disability Insurance: Some Facts  / Fact Sheet
February 2003— Basic information about Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries and the role Social Security plays in the income security of disabled workers and their families is discussed in this AARP Public Policy Institute Fact Sheet by Laurel Beedon and Mitja Ng-Baumhackl. (2 pages) (Publication ID: FS92)

The Effect of Social Security Reform Proposals on Social Security Disability Insurance, Supplemental Security Income, and Private Disability Insurance  / Research Report
July 2001— Some Social Security reform proposals would result in reduction of the program's disability insurance benefits. In this AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper, Selin Opcin and David Stapleton of The Lewin Group suggest that it is important for policy makers to address both disability and retirement reform simultaneously. (46 pages) (Publication ID: 2001-13)

In Brief: The Value of Social Security Disability Insurance  / Research Report
June 2001— A short summary of the AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper in which Martin Holmer of the Policy Simulation Group finds that people are willing to pay more for SSDI than it costs the government to provide the benefits, and enough to make the entire Social Security program solvent for the next 75 years. (2 pages) (Publication ID: INB42)

The Value of Social Security Disability Insurance  / Research Report
June 2001— How much is Social Security Disability Insurance worth to individual workers? In this AARP Public Policy Institute Issue Paper, Martin Holmer of the Policy Simulation Group finds that people are willing to pay more for SSDI than it costs the government to provide the benefits, and enough to make the entire Social Security program solvent for the next 75 years. (22 pages) (Publication ID: 2001-09)

The Impacts of an Increase in the Social Security Retirement Age and the Medicare Eligibility Age on Social Security Disability Insurance, Medicare, and Employment  / Research Report
August 1999— If the eligibility age for Medicare is raised to 67, how many people aged 65-66 would: retain benefits under Social Security Disability Insurance? retain Medicare eligibility? remain employed? Costs and savings associated with these changes are projected in this AARP Public Policy Insitute Issue Paper based on micro-simulation models. (104 pages) (Publication ID: 9911)