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Social Security Disability Insurance: Too Much Through the Cracks?
The Social Security Administration’s Disability Insurance program is, according to the organization, the nation’s largest cash assistance program for workers with disabilities. In fiscal 2011, the most recent year for which there is complete data, the SSA paid out $128 billion in disability benefits to more than 10 million Americans who had either terminal or long-term illnesses or disabilities that prevented them from being gainfully employed. Read more.
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