Health Care When Workers Need it Most: Before and after Entry into the Social Security Disability Insurance Program

Health Care When Workers Need it Most: Before and after Entry into the Social Security Disability Insurance Program

This study analyzed survey data on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries during the six-year window surrounding SSDI entitlement to illustrate changes in characteristics, insurance status, and health care access. We found that SSDI beneficiaries were less likely to be insured tha...

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Main Authors: Gina A. Livermore, David C. Stapleton, Henry Claypool
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2010-05-01
Series:Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5034/inquiryjrnl_47.02.135
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spelling doaj-6b306b560a82488b89e6256d0f44c3b82020-11-25T03:49:36ZengSAGE PublishingInquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing0046-95802010-05-014710.5034/inquiryjrnl_47.02.135Health Care When Workers Need it Most: Before and after Entry into the Social Security Disability Insurance ProgramGina A. LivermoreDavid C. StapletonHenry ClaypoolThis study analyzed survey data on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries during the six-year window surrounding SSDI entitlement to illustrate changes in characteristics, insurance status, and health care access. We found that SSDI beneficiaries were less likely to be insured than the general working-age population, even three years before SSDI entitlement, and their uninsurance rates remained high until the third year after SSDI entitlement. Health care access problems were reported frequently during all periods surrounding SSDI entitlement, and poverty rates increased markedly post-entitlement. The findings suggest that there are significant gaps in the safety net for disabled workers before, during, and after the transition to SSDI.https://doi.org/10.5034/inquiryjrnl_47.02.135
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Health Care When Workers Need it Most: Before and after Entry into the Social Security Disability Insurance Program
Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
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title Health Care When Workers Need it Most: Before and after Entry into the Social Security Disability Insurance Program
title_short Health Care When Workers Need it Most: Before and after Entry into the Social Security Disability Insurance Program
title_full Health Care When Workers Need it Most: Before and after Entry into the Social Security Disability Insurance Program
title_fullStr Health Care When Workers Need it Most: Before and after Entry into the Social Security Disability Insurance Program
title_full_unstemmed Health Care When Workers Need it Most: Before and after Entry into the Social Security Disability Insurance Program
title_sort health care when workers need it most: before and after entry into the social security disability insurance program
publisher SAGE Publishing
series Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
issn 0046-9580
publishDate 2010-05-01
description This study analyzed survey data on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries during the six-year window surrounding SSDI entitlement to illustrate changes in characteristics, insurance status, and health care access. We found that SSDI beneficiaries were less likely to be insured than the general working-age population, even three years before SSDI entitlement, and their uninsurance rates remained high until the third year after SSDI entitlement. Health care access problems were reported frequently during all periods surrounding SSDI entitlement, and poverty rates increased markedly post-entitlement. The findings suggest that there are significant gaps in the safety net for disabled workers before, during, and after the transition to SSDI.
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