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Social Security Explained, 2013 Edition
Provides a succinct, comprehensive, and detailed explanation of the federal old-age, survivor's and disability insurance programs under the Social Security Act.The book explains who is covered by the Social Security system, liability for the tax, how a worker acquires "insured status" required for benefit eligibility and the conditions of entitlement to the various kinds of Social Security benefits.
The Social Security Administration is extending its tests of two alternative models for the disability determination process. This includes the “single decisionmaker test,” in which a disability examiner may make the initial disability determination in most cases without obtaining the signature of a medical or psychological consultant. Also extended is a separate test known as the “prototype,” which combines the single decisionmaker approach described above with the elimination of the reconsideration level of the administrative review process. The “prototype” test is being conducted in 10 states: Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, California, and New York. (See 64 Fed. Reg. 47218, August 30, 1999). The extension is valid until September 27, 2013.
The full text of the announcement was published in the June 13, 2012, Federal Register (77 Fed. Reg. 35464).
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