全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): New Evidence on DI Overpayments Following Return to Work and Implications for Initiatives to Reduce Them

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来源类型	Publication
来源ID	DRC Brief Number: 2018-04
	New Evidence on DI Overpayments Following Return to Work and Implications for Initiatives to Reduce Them
	Denise Hoffman; Christopher Jones
发表日期	2018-12-31
出版者	Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research
出版年	2018
语种	英语
概述	This brief summarizes findings from three recent Disability Research Consortium (DRC) studies that examine the prevalence of overpayments and characteristics of those overpaid, perceptions of overpaid beneficiaries, and the association between overpayments and subsequent work activity. ",
摘要	Key Findings: Among those at risk of an overpayment between 2010 and 2012, 71 percent were overpaid. The following beneficiary characteristics were significant predictors of overpayments: less than a high school education, SSDI benefit amount of less than $1,000, not receiving SSI, and first engaged in SGA during the analysis period. Many of the overpaid beneficiaries who participated in qualitative interviews were surprised when they were overpaid because they thought they had followed the SSDI rules. There is an association between overpayments and a decline in engagement in substantial gainful activity. However, these results do not account for other factors that could affect earnings. Some Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) beneficiaries seek employment to improve their financial or general well-being. In the process, they may become ineligible for a benefit check because of work, which leaves them vulnerable to work-related overpayments. These overpayments occur when the Social Security Administration (SSA) issues a benefit check even though the beneficiary is ineligible due to work. This can occur because SSA was unaware of the beneficiary’s work or did not promptly process information on earnings. Regardless of the cause, beneficiaries are typically required to repay any overpayment to SSA. From 2010 to 2012, SSA overpaid 71 percent of working beneficiaries who could potentially have been overpaid. New research has shown that notices of such overpayments are accompanied by a decline in work activity and has sought to understand why. Collectively, the findings point to a growing need for SSA policies that will reduce overpayments. In this brief, we draw on information on the characteristics of overpaid beneficiaries and their reported experiences to suggest broad areas for improvement.
URL	https://www.mathematica.org/our-publications-and-findings/publications/new-evidence-on-di-overpayments-following-return-to-work-and-implications-for-initiatives
来源智库	Mathematica Policy Research (United States)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/489458
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Denise Hoffman,Christopher Jones. New Evidence on DI Overpayments Following Return to Work and Implications for Initiatives to Reduce Them. 2018.

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