Experts say Social Security’s back-to-work program hasn’t worked

WASHINGTON (7News) — As federal lawmakers face mounting public pressure to preserve retirement benefits for millions of Americans by a 2033 funding deadline, an effort is also underway to reform another key function of the Social Security Administration – the way it provides support to the 8.7 million Americans out of work due to medical conditions or disabilities.

Some of that effort involves reevaluating the way a 23-year-old back-to-work program called Ticket to Work has worked.

To hear economist David Stapleton describe it — not terribly well…

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