Tag: poverty threshold
Abstract This paper examines the experiences of former Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) beneficiaries in the years following termination of benefits due to medical improvement or work. It uses data from the 2019 Disability Analysis File to identify return to DI or subsequent participation in the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program within 5 or 10…
The brief’s key findings are: The Census Bureau just reported a big jump in the poverty rate in 2009. But poverty rates actually fell for those over 65 as: Social Security recipients got a large cost-of-living adjustment and a one-time stimulus payment; and the poverty threshold dipped due to lower inflation in 2009. This situation…
