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... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Government > Government Agencies > Federal Government > United States Government Agencies > United States Social Security Administration
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United States Social Security Administration  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Social Security Administration
  • Social Security Administration, United States
  • Social Security Administration (U.S.)

Note

  • add UNITED STATES; research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry

Scope note

  • An independent agency within the Executive Branch of the United States Government. It administers a national social insurance program whereby employees, employers, and the self-employed pay contributions into pooled trust funds. Part of the contributions go into a separate hospital insurance trust fund for workers at age 65 to provide help with medical expenses. Other programs include the supplemental social security income program for the aged, blind, and disabled and the Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance Program. It became an independent agency March 31, 1995. It had previously been part of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, later the Department of Health and Human Services. (From United States Government Manual, 1994-95)

History note

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019131

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