The goal of the Accelerated Benefits Demonstration is to assess the efficacy of providing newly awarded SSDI beneficiaries who have no health coverage with immediate access to health benefits. With earlier access, beneficiaries may experience better health outcomes, increase their likelihood of...

Under current law, most Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries are not eligible for Medicare until 29 months after the Social Security Administration confirms the onset of their disability. During this waiting period, more than one in five beneficiaries lacks health insurance....

BOND will test innovations to address the financial disincentives and other obstacles to increasing incomes and reducing dependence on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits. The design to be tested replaces the SSDI "cash cliff," under which beneficiaries eventually lose all of...