Here is a related article about SS and funding. It focuses on the upswing in claims for SSI for disability.
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All told, the federal government spent nearly $250 billion in 2011 paying more than 23 million Americans some type of disability claim. That's about 7% of the overall population, and 16% of the workforce.
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Disability claims skyrocket: Here's why - Apr. 11, 2013