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HRD-80-4 1 (1979-10-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaazun0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RKSOURC98 DIVlIION B-164031(4) 110596 OCTOBER 16,1979 The Honorable Patricia Roberts Harris The Secretary of Health, Education, C) and Welfare c, Dear Mrs. Harris: Subject: f ocial Security Should Obtain and Use State Data to Verify Benefits for All Its Programs3(HRD-80-4) The Social Security Administration (SSA) administers four programs that pay monthly benefits to 39.5 million aged and disabled persons and/or their survivors and dependents. Some of these recipients are paid benefits from more than one program. Benefit payments for these programs--Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, Disability Insurance, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and Federal Black Lung--are expected to total about $108.5 billion in fiscal year 1979. The integrity of these programs depends, to a large degree, on recipients voluntarily reporting changes in their income, resources, and other eligibility circumstances. This infor- mation is vital since it may eliminate a recipient's eligi- bility or reduce his/her benefit amount. Estimates of the impact of reporting failures are limited to the SSI program. According to SSA's Office of Assessment, $257.4 million in payment errors were made during fiscal year 1978 because SSI recipients provided inaccurate or incomplete information or failed to report changes in their circumstances. While much information on recipients is currently maintained by State and local governments, SSA's efforts to obtain this data have been fragmented and uncoordinated. SSA has successfully used records maintained by other * ,) Federal agencies for reducing erroneous SSI payments. These agencies include the Veterans Administration (VA) and Rail- road Retirement Board. SSA has been able to obtain these 007366 Il°5°36)

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