Social SecurityThis fourth edition represents is a revision and updating of the third edition published in 1985 under the auspices of the McCahan Foundation. It provides a thorough factual description of the various social insurance and allied programs now operating in the U.S. which deal with retirement, disability, survivor, and health benefits. The emphasis is both on the general principles underlying the development of the systems and their present status and on the general social and economic results developing from them. The greatest emphasis is on the largest program and the one that affects the most people--Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) and Medicare, sometimes referred to in combination as "social security." |
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tions during the Johnson Administration Considerations and Actions | 8 |
Quest for Security Methods of Attaining Security Concept of | 17 |
Basic Principles and Present Provisions | 23 |
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actual actuarial administrative Appendix applicable attaining age 62 automatic-adjustment provisions automatically adjusted average wage basis beneficiaries benefit amounts benefit based benefit formula benefit increase benefit level cohort COLA combined employer-employee computation considered cost coverage covered employment credits disability benefits dollar bands earnings record earnings test effect eligible eliminated employee tax enacted estimated factors federal financing Form W-2 fully insured fund ratio future higher income tax income-tax indexing individual insured status January legislation lower maximum taxable earnings Medicare ment minimum month OASDI benefits OASDI program OASDI system OASDI tax OASDI Trust Funds OASDI-HI taxes OASI offset outgo paid payment payroll payroll taxes percentage period procedure receive reduced relatively replacement rates result retirement at age schedule self-employment social insurance Social Security Social Security Administration spouse survivor benefits tax rates taxable earnings base Trustees Report widow's benefit widows