Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Becoming Insured, Calculating Benefit Payments, and the Effect of Dropout Year Provisions

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child care.

Child welfare.

Children.

Disability insurance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2014

Summary:

Explains social security disability insurance (SSDI) program and how workers become insured for SSDI benefits. Discusses how benefit payments are calculated, and describes childcare dropout year (CDY) provision, which disregards from benefit calculations up to two years in which a beneficiary received no income during periods when he or she was caring for a young child. Analyzes earnings of disabled workers that have been credited with CDYs

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)

Publisher Number:

CRS-2014-DSP-0055

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