Tag: SSI beneficiaries

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Abstract Low take-up by elderly Americans in most means-tested federal programs is a persistent and puzzling phenomenon.  This paper seeks to measure the causal effect of the benefit levels on elderly enrollment in two public assistance programs – the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program – by using t…

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Abstract There is considerable policy concern about “DI lock” – that tying public health insurance coverage to cash disability benefit receipt contributes to the low exit rates due to work.  This concern led Congress to institute continued health insurance eligibility after disability beneficiaries leave the cash-benefit rolls for work-related reasons.  However, unlike the long literatur…