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Policymakers should change or eliminate the Social Security earnings limit only if the Social Security trust funds can be maintained.
Policymakers should strengthen the program integrity efforts of the Social Security Administration (SSA).
SSA should continually strive to improve the following aspects of the disability determination process:
Policymakers should improve the application and appeals process for Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income disability benefits.
The Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program provides stable benefits to those who cannot work. Benefits are also available for their families.
Policymakers should expand and improve work incentives for Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries, such as through the Ticket to Work program.
About 50 percent of workers have access to a workplace-based retirement savings plan.
Employers should be required to automatically enroll employees in their retirement plans.
Unrelated small employers should be permitted to jointly offer retirement savings vehicles to their employees through trained fiduciary administrators.