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Disability benefit reform in Great Britain from the perspective of the United States |
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| Authors: | Zachary A. Morris |
| Affiliation: | School of Social Welfare, University of California‐Berkeley, United States |
| Abstract: | In 2008, Great Britain overhauled its disability benefit programme by introducing a new disability determination process called the Work Capability Assessment and a new earnings replacement programme called Employment and Support Allowance. This article examines the British reforms from the perspective of the United States, which may consider changes to its disability benefit programme, the Social Security Disability Insurance programme, in the near future. The article provides an overview of the steps leading to the reform in Great Britain, details how the new programme operates, reviews research on its initial implementation and effects, and identifies lessons for the potential reform of the disability benefit programme in the United States. |
| Keywords: | disability benefit claim procedure residual work capacity social security reform United Kingdom United States Mots clé s: prestations d'invalidité procé dure de reclamation capacité ré siduelle de travail ré forme de la sé curité sociale Etats‐Unis Royaume‐Uni Palabras clave: prestaciones de invalidez procedimiento de solicitud capacidad residual de trabajo reforma de la seguridad social Estados Unidos Reino Unido Schlü sselwö rter: Invalidenleistungen Leistungsantragsverfahren Resterwerbsfä higkeit Reform der sozialen Sicherheit Vereinigte Staaten Vereinigtes Kö nigreich |