Group Calls for Folding SSDI into State Comp Systems

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefA group of state human services officials is recommending that the federal government's Social Security Disability Insurance program be folded into state-run workers' compensation regulatory systems and financed through a new payroll tax based on employers' disability experience ratings.The recommendations are included in a policy position paper released by The Secretary's Innovation Group and scheduled for discussion at a conference on reforming the Social Security disability system to be held this Friday and on April 19 in Washington, ...