Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefit Maximums for Families : Advantages and Limitations.

Provides background on supplemental security income (SSI) program, and reviews issues concerning recommendation by the National Academy of Social Insurance and the Commission on Childhood Disabilities that an SSI benefit maximum be imposed on households with more than one SSI eligible child. Discuss...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1997.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Families. Children with disabilities. Supplemental security income program. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Provides background on supplemental security income (SSI) program, and reviews issues concerning recommendation by the National Academy of Social Insurance and the Commission on Childhood Disabilities that an SSI benefit maximum be imposed on households with more than one SSI eligible child. Discusses assertion that current SSI rules have contributed to long stays on the program, and presents equity arguments associated with limiting a family's gross SSI benefit.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.