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Article: Targeting disability.(Social Security Disability Insurance )(Social Security privatization)
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- Monthly Review
- Article date:
- April 1, 2005
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In addition to old-age benefits, it is often forgotten that Social Security provides survivor and disability insurance protections as well. The privatization debate has overlooked the fate of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) as a part of the program's family of benefits.
I'll wager that most Americans are unaware of the importance of SSDI, especially young workers who are the target of Bush's campaign to divert funds into private stock market accounts.
I, too, was unaware until the late 1980s, when I found myself unable to work with an eight-year-old child to support. I had worked to put myself through college and made a career in the film ...