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10 Cards in this Set
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What did the passage of Social Security Act Amendments of 1956 accomplish?
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Authorized Social Security disability allowances for individuals with disabilities.
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What was the criteria for eligibility for individuals with disabilities to receive allowances?
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1.) Permanently disabled "injured" person -and-
2.) Age 50 or older -and- 3.) Considered incapable of returning to competitive employment |
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When did Social Security become directly involved with vocational rehabilitation?
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With the passage of Social Security Act Amendments of 1956.
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Congress made it clear that cash benefits are "not the sole objective of the disability insurance program?
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True
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What is also anther objective in the provision of the Social Security Act of 1965 amendments?
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Vocational Rehabilitation of the greatest number of applicants
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Who mandated Social Security Disability Insurance funds to cover the cost of rehabilitation "selected disability beneficiaries through state rehabilitation agency services?
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Congress
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Why was the Social Security Disability Insurance program expected to be cost-effective?
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Vocational rehabilitation cost would not exceed the cost of maintaining individuals indefinitely on Social Security Disability Insurance roles.
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What was the change to Social Security did the Amendments Act of 1972 present?
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SSDI individual beneficiaries with disabilities eligible for "Medicare health coverage through a 29 month waiting period after application.
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Why did beneficiaries with disabilities have to wait 29 months before they were eligible for Medicare health coverage?
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Waiting period was enacted intentionally to limit eligible population and the budget outlays of Medicare.
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Provisions of the 1965 amendments of the Social Security Act have indirect relevance to federal-state vocational rehabilitation programs? True or False
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False SSA has a DIRECT relevance to federal-state vocational rehabilitation programs
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