Garrett, A. Bowen; Glied, Sherry - 2021
In 1990, in the case of Sullivan v. Zebley, the U.S. Supreme Court relaxed the criteria whereby children became … eligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. Since that ruling, the number of children covered by SSI has almost … tripled; nearly 1 million American children are receiving cash and medical benefits through SSI. Many of those new enrollees …