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The Social Sec. (SS) Statement is the Social Sec. Admin. (SSA) main document for communicating with workers about their SS benefits. It shows an individual's annual earnings, payments into SS & Medicare, & projected benefits. The SSA also uses the statement to explain the various types of SS benefits & to encourage greater financial planning for retirement. This report examines: how well recipients understand the current statement; how the SSA is evaluating the statement's understandability; & the promising practices used by private sector co. & other industrial countries. This info. was obtained from a nat. survey & focus groups of statement recipients, officials from 3 countries (Canada, Sweden, & the UK), & other experts. Charts & tables.Bovbjerg, Barbara D. is the author of 'Social Security Statements : Social Security Administration Should Better Evaluate Whether Workers Understand their Statements', published 2005 under ISBN 9781422300480 and ISBN 142230048X.
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