Primer on Disability Benefits : Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

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Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 12-RL-32279b in the 2012 issue. Explains the SSA social security disability insurance (SSDI...

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 12-RL-32279b in the 2012 issue.

Explains the SSA social security disability insurance (SSDI) program, which provides benefits to disabled workers; and discusses the SSA supplemental security income (SSI) program, which provides benefits to aged, blind, and disabled individuals with limited income. Summarizes benefit types, average benefit levels, and eligibility requirements for SSDI and SSI programs; explains disability determination process for SSDI and SSI benefits; and describes SSDI and SSI program financing.

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