The disability death rates for the 2024 Trustees Report are dependent on general population mortality and actual 2023 disabled worker death experience. The ultimate disability recovery rate assumptions are higher for all alternatives than those used

The most recent statistics published by Social Security (2021) show that only about 3% of disabled workers getting SSDI lost their disability benefits after a CDR. And benefits were stopped for only about 4% of adults receiving SSI. For children, the chances of losing SSI benefits are much greater than for adults.

At the end of 2023, the OASDI program was providing benefit payments 1 to about 67 million people: 53 million retired workers and dependents of retired workers, 6 million survivors of deceased workers, and 9 million disabled workers and dependents of disabled workers.

The number of people claiming Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits dropped by 119,395 between May 2023, when 7,380,737 payments were made, and May 2024, when 7,261,342 people received ...

83% of scheduled benefits in 2035 and decrease to 73% by 2098. Projected Long-Range Financial Outlook The 2024 report projects a long-range funding shortfall. The funding shortfall is largely a result of rising costs over the 75-year projection period, primarily due to demographic trends. The ratio of OASDI beneficiaries per 100 covered