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HRD-80-31 1 (1980-03-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabaje0001 and id is 1 raw text is: BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman Committee On Ways And Means House Of Representatives OF THE UNTED STATES RELEASED Legislation Authorizing States To Reduce Workers' Compensation Benefits Should Be Revoked The Social Security Act provides that, when disabled workers are receiving both State workers' compensation and Social Security disability insurance benefits, the combined payments can be reduced by either the Social Security Administration or the State, but not by both. If a State elects to reduce its benes f its--as 11 States now do--Social Security bene- fits cannot be reduced. Allowing States to reduce their workers' com- pensation benefits causes the responsibility for compensating disabled workers for work- related injuries to be shifted from State workers' compensation programs to Social Security taxpayers. If all States make the reduction, by 1981 the Social Security Trust Fund can lose $160 million annually. GAO recommends that the provision allowing States to reduce workers' compensation be revoked. S 111821 AlD HRD-80-31 MARCH 6,1980

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