Supplemental Security Income: Recipient Population Has Changed as
Caseloads Have Burgeoned (Testimony, 03/27/95, GAO/T-HEHS-95-120).

The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program provides means-tested
income support payments to eligible aged, blind, or disabled persons.
Last year, more than 6 million SSI recipients received nearly $22
billion in federal benefits and more than $3 billion in state benefits.
SSI is one of the fastest growing entitlement programs, with program
costs soaring 20 percent annually during the past four years.  This
testimony focuses on factors contributing to caseload growth,
characteristics of SSI recipients, and ways to improve SSI.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-HEHS-95-120
     TITLE:  Supplemental Security Income: Recipient Population Has 
             Changed as Caseloads Have Burgeoned
      DATE:  03/27/95
   SUBJECT:  Social security benefits
             Disability benefits
             Disability insurance
             Supplemental security income
             Immigration or emigration
             Aid for the handicapped
             Federal social security programs
             Eligibility criteria
             Resident aliens
IDENTIFIER:  OASDI
             Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance Program
             Supplemental Security Income Program
             Medicaid Program
             Food Stamp Program
             Social Security Disability Insurance Program
             
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