Tag: Hispanic
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…
A new study finds that Social Security is more valuable to Black retirees than to Whites – despite the fact that Blacks have shorter lives and receive monthly benefits for fewer years of retirement. The main reason Black retirees get more value from the program boils down to something that is crucial for a tru…
