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Summary
The Social Security Administration (SSA) monitors workers' compensation to ensure benefit coordination. This review uses 1980 benchmark figures to analyze program operations throughout the 1970s.
Area of Science:
- Social Science
- Public Policy
- Economics
Background:
- The Social Security Administration (SSA) has a vested interest in workers' compensation due to the systems' direct impact on each other.
- Workers' compensation can either supplement or duplicate Social Security protections.
- Since 1965, Social Security disability benefits may be reduced if combined with workers' compensation benefits exceeding 80% of previous earnings.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present the 1980 benchmark figures for national workers' compensation benefits and program operations.
- To review workers' compensation program operations during the 1970s, utilizing the 1980 benchmark data.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of benchmark figures prepared every four years by the SSA.
- Review of program operations and benefit structures over the decade of the 1970s.
Main Results:
- The 1980 benchmark figures provide a basis for understanding national workers' compensation trends.
- The data allows for an examination of how workers' compensation interacted with Social Security disability benefits throughout the 1970s.
Conclusions:
- The SSA's ongoing interest in workers' compensation is driven by the need to manage benefit interactions and prevent over- or under-protection.
- The 1970s data, as represented by the 1980 benchmark figures, offers insights into the evolution of workers' compensation program operations and their relationship with Social Security.