Beneficiaries Receiving Specific Benefits
 

Persons Receiving Intensive Benefit Support

It is useful to break the data down further, comparing the results of the intensive benefit support beneficiaries on the basis of whether they receive SSI only (n = 6545), SSDI only, (n = 11,192), or Concurrent SSI and SSDI (n = 4421). As expected, an extremely small proportion of SSI recipients receive Medicare, in comparison with the other two groups. About 90 percent of those receiving SSI or concurrent SSI/SSDI and just over 30 percent of those receiving SSDI were currently utilizing Medicaid. SSDI recipients were also less likely than the other two groups to receive subsidized housing, food stamps, or TANF, and more likely to receive private health insurance and veterans benefit. Unemployment insurance and workers compensation were low across all three benefits groups.

 Percentage of Beneficiaries Specific Benefits
Current Benefit SSI
(N=6545)		 SSDI
(N=11,192)		 Concurrent
(N=4421)
Medicaid
4.6
77.1
82.2
Medicare
88.3
32.3
90.6
Food Stamps
3.1
10.6
2.4
Subsidized Housing
18.8
11.0
24.0
Private Health Insurance
27.9
11.9
30.1
Veterans Benefit
2.8
0.3
2.4
TANF
0.1
0.8
0.3
Workers Compensation
0.2
0.5
0.3
Unemployment Insurance
0.5
2.2
0.5
Other
6.6
9.7
6.5

VCU Benefits Assistance Resource Center
Preliminary Draft - Subject to Further Verification
March 31, 2003