Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features the release of a new research brief from NCCI that examines the interplay between SSDI and workers’ comp benefits by going over detailed state examples.
The study also looks at cost shifting between the two programs in individual states, how the programs impact states with relatively low- and high-benefit workers’ comp programs, and how significant state changes in workers’ comp benefits might impact SSDI spending. Key findings included that about five out of every 1,000 injured workers are awarded SSDI benefits, and workers’ comp programs shoulder a higher portion of total benefits for disabled workers than SSDI in Standard Offset states, with the workers’ comp share of total benefits paid for dual recipients of WC permanent total disability and SSDI ranging from 68% in a low-WC benefit state to 90% in a high-WC benefit state.
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