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From: WEB PARTNER
Date: 19 Feb 2005
Time: 17:24:49 -0500
Remote Name: 65.1.249.123
The Importance of Social Security to Women, Children, and the States The impact of Social Security reaches beyond retirees. The program also provides disability and life insurance protection for workers and their families. Nationally, 50 percent of Social Security beneficiaries receive all or part of their benefit either as the child, spouse or widow/widower of a worker, or as a disabled worker, according to a new study from the National Women's Law Center. Because all Social Security benefits are based on the same formula, cuts in the benefits for retired workers—for example, shifting from wage-indexing to price-indexing benefits—would mean cuts in benefits for widows, children who receive benefits when a working parent is disabled or dies prematurely, and disabled workers. The study, including fact sheets for the 50 states and the District of Columbia, is available online. http://www.nwlc.org/pdf/sswomen&states2005.pdf