Tag: federal disability insurance
A small fraction of U.S. workers are on federal disability insurance – about 8 million – but the monthly cash payments are crucial to them because they’re no longer able to work. What stands out in a new study – the first fine-grained picture of who gets the benefits – is that Black Americans are highly reliant…
The Supplemental Security Income program supports more than 1 million disabled children nationwide. Poor and low-income families receive monthly cash payments of up to $943 to help with their care. In most states, automatic Medicaid eligibility for the child is part of the SSI package. New research finds that the pandemic disrupted a natural chann…
