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<h1>Annual Statistical Supplement, 2008</h1>
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<h1>Highlights and Trends</h1>
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<h2>Social Security (<abbr class="spell">OASDI</abbr>)</h2>
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<h3>Employment and Earnings</h3>
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<th class="stub0" scope="row">Workers in <abbr class="spell">OASDI</abbr> covered employment, 2007</th>
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<td>162.5 million</td>
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<th class="stub0" scope="row">Average earnings, 2007</th>
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<td>$39,173</td>
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<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Earnings required in 2008 for—</th>
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<th class="stub1" scope="row">1 quarter of coverage</th>
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<td>$1,050</td>
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<th class="stub1" scope="row">Maximum of 4 quarters of coverage</th>
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<td>$4,200</td>
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<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Earnings test exempt amounts for 2008</th>
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<th class="stub1" scope="row">Under full retirement age for entire year</th>
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<td>$13,560</td>
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<th class="stub1" scope="row">For months before reaching full retirement age in 2008</th>
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<td>$36,120</td>
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<th class="stub1" scope="row">Beginning with month of reaching full retirement age in 2008</th>
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<h3>Program Data</h3>
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<th class="stub0" id="r1">Cost-of-living adjustment for December 2007</th>
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<td>2.3 percent</td>
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<th class="stub0" id="r2">Average monthly benefit, December 2007</th>
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<th class="stub1" id="r3" headers="r2">Retired workers</th>
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<td headers="r2 r3">$1,079</td>
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<th class="stub1" id="r4" headers="r2">Widows and widowers, nondisabled</th>
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<td headers="r2 r4">$1,040</td>
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<th class="stub1" id="r5" headers="r2">Disabled workers</th>
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<th class="stub0" id="r6">Number of beneficiaries, December 2007</th>
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<th class="stub1" id="r7" headers="r6">Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance</th>
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<td headers="r6 r7">49.9 million</td>
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<th class="stub3" id="r9" headers="r6 r7 r8">Total</th>
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<td headers="r6 r7 r8 r9">34.5 million</td>
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<th class="stub3" id="r10" headers="r6 r7 r8">Retired workers</th>
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<td headers="r6 r7 r8 r10">31.5 million</td>
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<th class="stub2" id="r11" headers="r6 r7">Survivors Insurance</th>
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<th class="stub3" id="r12" headers="r6 r7 r11">Total</th>
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<td headers="r6 r7 r11 r12">6.5 million</td>
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<th class="stub3" id="r13" headers="r6 r7 r11">Widows and widowers, nondisabled</th>
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<td headers="r6 r7 r11 r13">4.2 million</td>
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<th class="stub2" id="r14" headers="r6 r7">Disability Insurance</th>
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<th class="stub3" id="r15" headers="r6 r7 r14">Total</th>
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<td headers="r6 r7 r14 r15">8.9 million</td>
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<th class="stub3" id="r16" headers="r6 r7 r14">Disabled workers</th>
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<td headers="r6 r7 r14 r16">7.1 million</td>
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<th class="stub0" id="r17">Benefit payments, 2007</th>
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<th class="stub1" id="r18" headers="r17">Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance</th>
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<td headers="r17 r18">$585.0 billion</td>
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<th class="stub1" id="r19" headers="r17">Old-Age and Survivors Insurance</th>
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<td headers="r17 r19">$485.9 billion</td>
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<th class="stub1" id="r20" headers="r17">Disability Insurance</th>
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<td headers="r17 r20">$99.1 billion</td>
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<th class="stub0" id="r21">Administrative expenses, 2007</th>
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<th class="stub1" id="r22" headers="r21">Old-Age and Survivors Insurance</th>
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<th class="stub2" id="r23" headers="r21 r22">Amount</th>
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<td headers="r21 r22 r23">$3.1 billion</td>
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<th class="stub2" id="r24" headers="r21 r22">As a percentage of total benefits paid</th>
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<td headers="r21 r22 r24">0.6 percent</td>
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<th class="stub1" id="r25" headers="r21">Disability Insurance</th>
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<th class="stub2" id="r26" headers="r21 r25">Amount</th>
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<td headers="r21 r25 r26">$2.5 billion</td>
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<th class="stub2" id="r27" headers="r21 r25">As a percentage of total benefits paid</th>
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<td headers="r21 r25 r27">2.5 percent</td>
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<h3>Program Trends</h3>
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<li>About 49.9 million persons received Social Security benefits for December 2007, an increase of 742,214 (1.5 percent) since December 2006. Sixty-nine percent were retired workers and their spouses and children, 13 percent were survivors of deceased workers, and 18 percent were disabled workers and their spouses and children.</li>
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<li>Seventy-three percent of the 31.5 million retired workers received reduced benefits because of entitlement prior to full retirement age. Relatively more women (76 percent) than men (71 percent) received reduced benefits.</li>
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<li>The number of beneficiaries aged 65 or older rose from 33.2 million in 2002 to 35.1 million in 2007 (5.7 percent). Beneficiaries aged 85 or older increased at a greater rate during the <span class="nobr">5-year</span> period (15.5 percent) from 4,170,000 in 2002 to 4,817,000 in 2007. In 2007, 44,900 centenarians were receiving Social Security.</li>
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<li>About 20.1 million women aged 65 or older received benefits for December 2007. About 8.2 million (41 percent) were entitled solely to a retired-worker benefit. About 5.9 million (29.6 percent) were dually entitled to a retired-worker benefit and a wife's or widow's benefit, and about the same number (29.5 percent) were receiving wife's or widow's benefits only.</li>
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<li>More than 3 million children under age 18 received benefits, including 1,302,665 children of deceased workers, 1,535,010 children of disabled workers, and 281,848 children of retired workers.</li>
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<li>About 8.1 million persons received benefits based on disability—7,098,723 disabled workers, 794,677 disabled adult children, and 224,982 disabled widows and widowers. In addition, 152,802 spouses and 1,587,343 minor and student children of disabled workers received benefits.</li>
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<li>Average monthly benefits for December 2007, including the 2.3 percent cost-of-living adjustment, were $1,079 for retired workers, $1,004 for disabled workers, and $1,040 for nondisabled widows and widowers. Among retired workers, monthly benefits averaged $1,218 for men and $935 for women. For disabled workers, average monthly benefits were $1,126 for men and $866 for women.</li>
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<li>Average monthly family benefits for December 2007 were $2,021 for a widowed mother or father and children; $1,716 for a disabled worker, wife, and children; and $2,184 for a retired worker, wife, and children.</li>
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<li>Total <abbr class="spell">OASDI</abbr> benefit payments for calendar year 2007 were $585.0 billion. Payments from the <abbr class="spell">OASI</abbr> trust fund were $485.9 billion—an increase of 5.5 percent from the $460.5 billion paid in 2006.</li>
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<li>Benefit payments from the <abbr class="spell">DI</abbr> trust fund, from which benefits are paid to disabled workers, their spouses, and children, increased by 7.3 percent from $92.4 billion in 2006 to $99.1 billion in 2007.</li>
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<li><abbr class="spell">OASDI</abbr> benefit awards in calendar year 2007 totaled 4,710,830, including 2,035,781 to retired workers, 443,460 to their spouses and children, and 925,928 to survivors of insured workers. Benefits were awarded to 804,787 disabled workers and to 500,875 of their spouses and children.</li>
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<h2>Supplemental Security Income</h2>
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<h3>Annual Payment Adjustments</h3>
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<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Monthly federal benefit rate, effective January 2008</th>
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<th class="stub0" scope="row">Cost-of-living adjustment</th>
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<h3>Program Data</h3>
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<th class="stub1" scope="row">Benefits paid in 2007</th>
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<td>$41.2 billion</td>
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<th class="stub1" scope="row">Number of recipients, December 2007</th>
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<td>7.4 million</td>
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<th class="stub1" scope="row">Average benefit, December 2007</th>
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<td>$468.37</td>
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<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Federal <abbr class="spell">SSI</abbr> payments</th>
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<td></td>
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</tr>
|
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<tr>
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|
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Benefits paid in 2007</th>
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|
<td>$36.9 billion</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th class="stub1" scope="row">Number of recipients, December 2007</th>
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<td>7.1 million</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th class="stub1" scope="row">Average benefit, December 2007</th>
|
|
<td>$437.06</td>
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</tr>
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<tr class="topPad1">
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<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Federally administered state supplementation</th>
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<td></td>
|
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th class="stub1" scope="row">Benefits paid in 2007</th>
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<td>$4.3 billion</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th class="stub1" scope="row">Number of recipients, December 2007</th>
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<td>2.3 million <sup>a</sup></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th class="stub1" scope="row">Average benefit, December 2007</th>
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<td>$156.56</td>
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</tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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<div class="footnote">a. Includes 2.0 million persons receiving federal <abbr class="spell">SSI</abbr> and state supplementation and 0.3 million persons receiving state supplementation only.</div>
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<h3>Program Trends</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>In December 2007, 7,359,525 persons received federally administered <abbr class="spell">SSI</abbr> payments—123,942 more than the previous year. Of the total, 2,016,588 (27.4 percent) were aged 65 or older; 4,221,920 (57.4 percent) were blind or disabled aged <span class="nobr">18–64</span>; and 1,121,017 (15.2 percent) were blind or disabled under age 18.</li>
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<li>The number of blind or disabled aged <span class="nobr">18–64</span> rose by 69,790 (1.7 percent) between December 2006 and December 2007, and the number under age 18 increased by 42,040 (3.9 percent).</li>
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<li>During 2007, 836,642 persons were awarded federally administered payments, a decrease of 1,806 from the previous year. Of the 2007 awards, 563,094 went to blind or disabled recipients aged <span class="nobr">18–64</span>, 169,375 to those blind or disabled under age 18, and 104,173 to recipients aged 65 or older.</li>
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<li>Total federally administered <abbr class="spell">SSI</abbr> payments were $41.2 billion in 2007, up 6.0 percent from 2006. Federal <abbr class="spell">SSI</abbr> payments in 2007 were $36.9 billion (an increase of 6.2 percent over the previous year). Federally administered state supplementation totaled $4.3 billion.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Health Care</h2>
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<h3>Medicare</h3>
|
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<table class="hundredpercent">
|
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<colgroup span="1" style="width:30em"></colgroup>
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<colgroup span="1" style="width:8em"></colgroup>
|
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<tbody>
|
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<tr>
|
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<th class="stub0" id="r1">Total benefits paid in calendar year 2007</th>
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<td></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th class="stub1" id="r2" headers="r1">Hospital Insurance (Part A)</th>
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<td headers="r1 r2">$200.2 billion</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th class="stub1" id="r3" headers="r1">Supplementary Medical Insurance (Part B)</th>
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<td headers="r1 r3">$225.1 billion</td>
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</tr>
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<tr class="topPad1">
|
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<th class="stub0" id="r4">Number of enrollees in July 2007 (one or both of Parts A and B)</th>
|
|
<td headers="r4">44.3 million</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" id="r5" headers="r4">Aged</th>
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<td headers="r4 r5">37.0 million</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" id="r6" headers="r4">Disabled</th>
|
|
<td headers="r4 r6">7.3 million</td>
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|
</tr>
|
|
<tr class="topPad1">
|
|
<th class="stub0" id="r7">Administrative costs, 2007</th>
|
|
<td></td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" id="r8" headers="r7">Hospital Insurance</th>
|
|
<td></td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub2" id="r9" headers="r7 r8">Amount</th>
|
|
<td headers="r7 r8 r9">$2.9 billion</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub2" id="r10" headers="r7 r8">As a percentage of total benefits paid</th>
|
|
<td headers="r7 r8 r10">1.5 percent</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" id="r11" headers="r7">Supplementary Medical Insurance</th>
|
|
<td></td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub2" id="r12" headers="r7 r11">Amount</th>
|
|
<td headers="r7 r11 r12">$3.4 billion</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub2" id="r13" headers="r7 r11">As a percentage of total benefits paid</th>
|
|
<td headers="r7 r11 r13">1.5 percent</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
</tbody>
|
|
</table>
|
|
<h3>Medicaid</h3>
|
|
<table class="hundredpercent">
|
|
<colgroup span="1" style="width:30em"></colgroup>
|
|
<colgroup span="1" style="width:8em"></colgroup>
|
|
<tbody>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub0" scope="row">Medical service expenditures in fiscal year 2006</th>
|
|
<td>$268.5 billion</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr class="topPad1">
|
|
<th class="stub0" scope="row">Number of unduplicated recipients, fiscal year 2006</th>
|
|
<td>57.7 million</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr class="topPad1">
|
|
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Average 2006 vendor payment per unduplicated recipient</th>
|
|
<td></td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Persons aged 65 or older</th>
|
|
<td>$13,283</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Permanently and totally disabled persons</th>
|
|
<td>$13,947</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Dependent children under age 21</th>
|
|
<td>$1,668</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr class="topPad1">
|
|
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Average 2006 vendor payment for medical services</th>
|
|
<td></td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Nursing facility services</th>
|
|
<td>$26,519</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Inpatient general hospital care</th>
|
|
<td>$5,818</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Prescribed drugs</th>
|
|
<td>$1,034</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Physicians services</th>
|
|
<td>$455</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
</tbody>
|
|
</table>
|
|
<h2>Other Social Insurance Programs and Veterans' Benefits</h2>
|
|
<h3>Unemployment Insurance</h3>
|
|
<table class="hundredpercent">
|
|
<colgroup span="1" style="width:30em"></colgroup>
|
|
<colgroup span="1" style="width:8em"></colgroup>
|
|
<tbody>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub0" scope="row">Total payments, 2007</th>
|
|
<td>$32.2 billion</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr class="topPad1">
|
|
<th class="stub0" scope="row">Average—</th>
|
|
<td></td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Weekly benefit amount (regular programs)</th>
|
|
<td>$287.70</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Duration of benefits</th>
|
|
<td>15.2 weeks</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Weekly insured unemployment</th>
|
|
<td>2.6 million</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr class="topPad1">
|
|
<th class="stub0" scope="row">Covered employment</th>
|
|
<td>133.6 million</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
</tbody>
|
|
</table>
|
|
<h3>Workers' Compensation</h3>
|
|
<table class="hundredpercent">
|
|
<colgroup span="1" style="width:30em"></colgroup>
|
|
<colgroup span="1" style="width:8em"></colgroup>
|
|
<tbody>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Benefit payments, 2006</th>
|
|
<td>$54.7 billion</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Compensation payments</th>
|
|
<td>$28.2 billion</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Medical and hospitalization</th>
|
|
<td>$26.5 billion</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr class="topPad1">
|
|
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Benefits paid by—</th>
|
|
<td></td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Private insurance carriers</th>
|
|
<td>$27.5 billion</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" scope="row">State and federal funds</th>
|
|
<td>$14.0 billion</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Employers' self-insurance</th>
|
|
<td>$13.1 billion</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr class="topPad1">
|
|
<th class="stub0" scope="row">Covered workers per month</th>
|
|
<td>130.3 million</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr class="topPad1">
|
|
<th class="stub0" scope="row">Costs as a percentage of covered payroll</th>
|
|
<td>1.58 percent</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
</tbody>
|
|
</table>
|
|
<h3>Temporary Disability Insurance</h3>
|
|
<table class="hundredpercent">
|
|
<colgroup span="1" style="width:30em"></colgroup>
|
|
<colgroup span="1" style="width:8em"></colgroup>
|
|
<tbody>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub0" id="r1">Average weekly benefit, 2005</th>
|
|
<td></td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" id="r2" headers="r1">California</th>
|
|
<td></td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub2" id="r3" headers="r1 r2">State fund</th>
|
|
<td headers="r1 r2 r3">$365</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub2" id="r4" headers="r1 r2">Private plans</th>
|
|
<td headers="r1 r2 r4">$521</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" id="r5" headers="r1">New York</th>
|
|
<td></td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub2" id="r6" headers="r1 r5">Private plans</th>
|
|
<td headers="r1 r5 r6">$188</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
</tbody>
|
|
</table>
|
|
<div class="footnote">NOTE: Programs in effect in California, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Puerto Rico, and the railroad industry.</div>
|
|
<h3>Black Lung Benefits</h3>
|
|
<table class="hundredpercent">
|
|
<colgroup span="1" style="width:30em"></colgroup>
|
|
<colgroup span="1" style="width:8em"></colgroup>
|
|
<tbody>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub0" id="r1">Basic benefit to miner or widow</th>
|
|
<td headers="r1">$584.00</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr class="topPad1">
|
|
<th class="stub0" id="r2">Maximum family benefit</th>
|
|
<td headers="r2">$1,168.00</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr class="topPad1">
|
|
<th class="stub0" id="r3">Part B (claims filed before July 1, 1973)</th>
|
|
<td></td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" id="r4" headers="r3">Number of monthly benefits to miners, widows, and dependents, December 2007</th>
|
|
<td headers="r3 r4">36,231</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" id="r5" headers="r3">Total benefits paid, calendar year 2007</th>
|
|
<td headers="r3 r5">$282.4 million</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr class="topPad1">
|
|
<th class="stub0" id="r6">Part C (claims filed July 1, 1973, or later)</th>
|
|
<td></td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" id="r7" headers="r6">Total benefits paid, fiscal year 2007</th>
|
|
<td></td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub2" id="r8" headers="r6 r7">Disability and survivors benefits</th>
|
|
<td headers="r6 r7 r8">$254.7 million</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub2" id="r9" headers="r6 r7">Medical benefits</th>
|
|
<td headers="r6 r7 r9">$38.8 million</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
</tbody>
|
|
</table>
|
|
<h3>Veterans' Benefits</h3>
|
|
<table class="hundredpercent">
|
|
<colgroup span="1" style="width:30em"></colgroup>
|
|
<colgroup span="1" style="width:8em"></colgroup>
|
|
<tbody>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub0" id="r1">Number of veterans with disability compensation or pension, 2007</th>
|
|
<td></td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" id="r2" headers="r1">Service-connected disability</th>
|
|
<td headers="r1 r2">3,167,000</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" id="r3" headers="r1">Non-service-connected disability</th>
|
|
<td headers="r1 r3">323,000</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr class="topPad1">
|
|
<th class="stub0" id="r4">Monthly payment in 2008 for—</th>
|
|
<td></td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" id="r5" headers="r4">Service-connected disability</th>
|
|
<td></td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub2" id="r6" headers="r4 r5">10 percent disability</th>
|
|
<td headers="r4 r5 r6">$117</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub2" id="r7" headers="r4 r5">Total disability</th>
|
|
<td headers="r4 r5 r7">$2,527</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" id="r8" headers="r4">Non-service-connected disability (maximum payment)</th>
|
|
<td></td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub2" id="r9" headers="r4 r8">Without dependent</th>
|
|
<td headers="r4 r8 r9">$932</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub2" id="r10" headers="r4 r8">With one dependent and in need of aid and attendance</th>
|
|
<td headers="r4 r8 r10">$1,801</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
</tbody>
|
|
</table>
|
|
<h2>Poverty Data</h2>
|
|
<table class="hundredpercent">
|
|
<colgroup span="1" style="width:30em"></colgroup>
|
|
<colgroup span="1" style="width:8em"></colgroup>
|
|
<tbody>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Weighted average poverty thresholds, 2007</th>
|
|
<td></td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Individual, aged 65 or older</th>
|
|
<td>$9,944</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Couple, householder aged 65 or older</th>
|
|
<td>$12,550</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Family of four</th>
|
|
<td>$21,203</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr class="topPad1">
|
|
<th class="stub0" scope="rowgroup">Percentage of population with income below poverty level, 2006</th>
|
|
<td></td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" scope="row">All ages</th>
|
|
<td>12.3 percent</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Children under the age of 18 living in families</th>
|
|
<td>16.9 percent</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th class="stub1" scope="row">Persons aged 65 or older</th>
|
|
<td>9.4 percent</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
</tbody>
|
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</table>
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