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Original publisher: Washington, D.C. : The Office ; Gaithersburg, MD (P.O. Box 6015, Gaithersburg 20884-6015) : The Office [distributor, 1996]. OCLC Number: (OCoLC)37211509 Subject: Disability insurance -- United States. Excerpt: ... B-271529 to use rehabilitation services. A greater emphasis on beneficiaries ' returning to work is needed to identify and encourage the productive capacities of those who might benefit from rehabilitation and employment assistance. Although the main reason for emphasizing returning to work is so that people maximize their productive potential, it is also true that an estimated $ 3 billion could be saved in subsequent years if only an additional 1 percent of the 6.6 million working-age people receiving disability benefits in 1995 were to leave the rolls by returning to work. SSA needs to develop a comprehensive return-to-work strategy that includes providing return-to-work assistance to applicants and beneficiaries and changing the structure of cash and medical benefits. As part of an effort to place greater priority on beneficiaries ' returning to identify legislative changes required to SSA work, we recommended that SSA implement such a strategy. Although evaluating any response to our SSA recommendations would be premature, we will be assessing ' s efforts to help beneficiaries return to work. SSA has also missed opportunities to promote work among disabled beneficiaries where it has the legislative authority to do so. In 1972, the Congress created the Plan for Achieving Self-Support ( ) program as PASS 14 SSI part of to help low-income individuals with disabilities return to work. However, has not translated the Congress ' broad goals for the SSA PASS work incentive into a coherent program design. We recently reported that SSA PASS needs to improve program management, and it has taken steps to better manage the program in accordance with our recommendations. Limiting opportunities for fraud, waste, and abuse in government Inad
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