Trout J, Mattson D R
Soc Secur Bull. 1984 Jan;47(1):3-24.
January 1, 1974, marked the beginning of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program for the aged, blind, and disabled, and also marked the end of a 14-month period of preparation that began on October 30, 1972, when President Nixon signed into law the Social Security Amendments of 1972 (Public Law 92-603). As a way of marking SSI's 10th anniversary, it seems appropriate to review the development of the program since its enactment and compare the program's performance with its original goals and expectations. This article looks at the SSI program in the context of the program's goals as set out by Congress and discusses the legislative changes--and the motives behind those changes--since its implementation. Statistical data are examined to determine whether the program is accomplishing what it was designed to do, and whether, as a result of legislation or because of changes in the characteristics of the recipient population, trends are developing that may have a future impact on the program.
1974年1月1日，标志着面向老年人、盲人和残疾人的补充保障收入（SSI）计划的开始，同时也标志着自1972年10月30日开始的为期14个月的筹备期的结束，当时尼克松总统签署了1972年《社会保障修正案》（公法92 - 603）使其成为法律。作为纪念SSI计划十周年的一种方式，回顾该计划自颁布以来的发展历程，并将该计划的执行情况与其最初的目标和期望进行比较，似乎是恰当的。本文从国会设定的计划目标的角度审视SSI计划，并讨论自其实施以来的立法变化以及这些变化背后的动机。我们将研究统计数据，以确定该计划是否正在实现其设计初衷，以及是否由于立法或受益人群特征的变化，正在形成可能对该计划产生未来影响的趋势。
