Older AdultsPolitical AttitudesPublic PolicySocial ResponsibilityWelfare RecipientsWelfare ServicesContends that despite the association of disability and old age, old age provides a much more secure route to social welfare benefits than does disability. Notes the welfare state for the elderly is larger ...
In this paper, we utilize a household panel dataset to examine the effectiveness of market and non-market insurance mechanisms for older adults in China. While we observe fairly effective consumption smoothing when individuals experience negative health shocks, the welfare costs of these shocks are si...
Many disabled Americans who can't work full-time apply for public financial disability benefits in part to obtain public health insurance, contributing to unsustainable growth in assistance programs. Certain reforms in the Affordable Car... J Kennedy,E Blodgett - 《New England Journal of Medicine》...
Reliance argued that because he began collecting Social Security benefits during the same year he became disabled, his Social Security benefits did result from the same disability. The Court did not find Reliance’s argument persuasive and found for Aisenberg, stating that under the plain language ...
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While rates for teens and young adults will always be higher, there are ways to keep costs down. 1. Keep them on your policy You have to be 18 to buy your own car insurance, but even a 20-year-old living at home will cost hundreds less to insure on the parent's policy than payin...
As a protective policy for elderly individuals with disabilities, LTCI did not reduce the degree of disability of the disabled elderly while significantly contributing to the substantive care services enjoyed by them and also was not effective in eradicating multidimensional poverty suffered by disabled ...
Disparities in insurance coverage, health services use, and access following implementation of the affordable care act: a comparison of disabled and nondisabled working-age adults. Inquiry. 2017;54:1–10. Google Scholar Medical expenditure panel survey questionnaire sections – access to care. https...
At least 51 million working adults don’t have disability insurance coverage beyond basic Social Security disability. 65% of the private sector has no long-term disability insurance. What are the chances of becoming disabled? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that about...
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