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Social Security [electronic resource] : The Minimum Benefit Provision

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Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.
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1 online resource (34 pages), digital, PDF file
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Summary
Discusses social security provisions for special minimum primary insurance amount (PIA). Explains how coverage is determined, examines rules for special minimum PIA beneficiaries in 2010, reviews history of social security minimum benefit provision, and addresses policy issues. Summarizes arguments for restructuring the special minimum benefit or allowing it to phase out, design considerations for restructuring social security minimum benefit, and alternative strategies for addressing poverty among long-term low-wage workers.
This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 12-R4-1518 in the 2012 issue.
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Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
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