Social Security Turmoil: Seeking the Standards to Govern Social Security Disability Determinations
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Authors
Beier, Carl A. Jr.
Issue Date
1985
Volume
18
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Journal Article
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INTRODUCTION|Since 1980, when Congress mandated periodic review of all beneficiaries receiving benefits under the Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs, disability beneficiaries, the courts, and the Social Security Administration (SSA) have been in a continuous state of turmoil. Although nearly 500,000 people were cut from the DI rolls in a three-year period, "two-thirds of those who appealed were returned to the rolls after administrative review." By 1984, over 40,000 disability review cases affecting 200,000 former beneficiaries were pending in the federal courts. Two hundred federal courts have threatened the Secretary of Health and Human Services with contempt of court citations, and "[twenty-nine] states have refused to follow the [Social Security] Administration's instructions for termination of benefits."...
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18 Creighton L. Rev. 1003 (1984-1985)
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Creighton University School of Law