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Green Book
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Background Material and Data on Programs within the Jurisdicition of the Committee on Ways and Means |
Author(s): Committee on Ways and Means |
Organization(s): Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives |
The Green Book is compiled by the staff of the Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives from many sources and provides program descriptions and historical data on a wide variety of social and economic topics, including Social Security, employment, earnings, welfare, child support, health insurance, the elderly, families with children, poverty, and taxation. It has become a standard reference work for those interested in the direction of social policy in the United States. This web site contains links to editions available electronically. |
Published: June, 2003 |
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Policy Frameworks for Designing Medicaid Buy-In Programs and Related State Work Incentive Initiatives
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Author(s): Allen Jensen, Robert Silverstein, Donna Folkemer and Tara Straw |
Organization(s): George Washington University |
This report provides policy frameworks to assist stakeholders design and implement Medicaid Buy-In programs and related work incentive initiatives to enhance the level of economic self-sufficiency of persons with significant disabilities. Of particular focus are the design decisions affecting enrollment, costs, and a state's fiscal exposure. The policy frameworks describe the interrelationship between federal and state cash assistance programs (particularly SSI, SSDI, and state SSI supplementation programs) and health entitlements (particularly the Medicaid program). The policy frameworks are derived from the experience of the nine early implementation states--Alaska, Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, Vermont and Wisconsin. |
Published: May, 2002 |
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Barriers to and Supports for Work Among Adults with Disabilities: Results from the NHIS-D
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Author(s): Pamela Loprest and Elaine Maag |
Organization(s): Urban Institute |
Employment rates for adults with disabilities are significantly lower than for adults without disabilities. This leads many to ask how government policies and programs can better support work for the 11.3 million working-age adults with disabilities. This study investigates what policies might successfully increase work for adults with disabilities by comparing the situation of those 37% of adults with disabilities who are working to those who are not. To investigate this question we focus on three main areas for potential policy intervention: (1) Job search difficulties; (2) Need for specific work accommodations; and (3) Access to and use of transportation systems. |
Published: October, 2001 |
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Exploratory Study of Health Care Coverage and Employment of People with Disabilities: Final Report
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Author(s): David Stapleton, Gina Livermore, Scott Scrivner, Adam Tucker and David Wittenburg |
Organization(s): Lewin Group |
Most policymakers agree that the current structure of the Social Security Administration's disability programs creates substantial work disincentives for people with disabilities. One set of policy options concerns changing the links both between Medicare and the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program, and between Medicaid and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. More generally, reforms that expand access to health insurance for people with disabilities who are not SSDI or SSI recipients could have an impact on both employment and program participation. The purpose of this study was to examine empirical evidence on the relationship among health insurance, employment, and program participation of people with disabilities. Specifically, we present the findings of an analysis of expansions in the income threshold for the SSI work incentive program established by Section 1619 of the Social Security Act; these expansions have allowed many working SSI recipients to maintain Medicaid eligibility even after their incomes rise above the level that makes them ineligible for SSI payments. This report also presents findings from an analysis of the employment, insurance and program participation status of people with disabilities using the 1993 Survey of Income and Program Participation and the 1994 National Health Interview Survey. This analysis focuses on groups of people with disabilities who would most likely be affected by expansions in public health insurance. |
Published: July, 1998 |
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Programmatic Definitions of Disability: Policy Implications
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Author(s): Michele Adler |
Organization(s): Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation |
This paper looks at programmatic definitions of disability for federal disability programs by: (1) reviewing and examining major programmatic definitions of disability, and (2) describing complex eligibility processes by using the Social Security Disability Insurance program as an example. Programmatic definitions are critical from a federal policy perspective because they determine who is or could be eligible to receive benefits, who could not, and who could be if program modifications were made. Massive amounts are spent on federal programs targeted on persons with disabilities--$85 billion or 8% of all federal outlays in FY 1989. [26 PDF pages] |
Published: January, 1991 |
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