On this day in Social Security Administration History and the Global Movement to Provide Social Economic Insurance

2/1/1934 A bill was introduced in Congress which provided for a Federal excise tax on employer payrolls, to be offset by employer contributions to State unemployment insurance funds.?

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2/1/1936 Public assistance payments to recipients were first made with Federal participation under the Social Security Act for old-age assistance (17 States), aid to dependent children (10 States), aid to blind (9 States).?

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2/1/1937 Judge Learned Hand filed the opinion of the Second Circuit in the case of Theberge vs. United States. The case involved an action on a war risk insurance policy under which the claimant had the burden of proving that he was permanently and totally disabled when he was mustered out of the service and that any work in which he was engaged, subsequent to the lapse of the policy, substantially aggravated his malady. The opinion (no insurance against suffering) became the initial approach of Social Security to pain cases.?

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2/1/1937 Walter Hamilton left the position of Director of the Bureau of Research and Statistics. He was replaced by Ewing Clague.?

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2/1/1938 The report of the Technical Committee on Medical Care, A National Health Program: A Summary, was published.?

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2/1/1939 Public hearings on the Social Security act amendments were conducted by the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.?

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2/1/1939 The American Medical Association established a National Physicians Committee for the Extension of Medical Services, to fight the Wagner Bill.?

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2/1/1952 The A new Egyptian social security measure that was enacted in July 1950, establishing noncontributory pensions for certain categories of persons and making provision for public assistance to other groups, took effect. More: https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v13n10/v13n10p20.pdf?

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2/1/1955 By this date, old-age and survivors insurance beneficiaries numbered seven million.?

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2/1/1960 Joseph H. Myers became Deputy Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. He succeeded George K. Wyman.?More:

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2/1/1962 President John F. Kennedy sent a special message to the Congress on Public Welfare Programs.?

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2/1/1968 Effective this date, a female worker who was fully insured at the time of death, disability, or retirement was no longer required to be also currently insured at such time in order for: (1) a child to be deemed dependent on her (and thus able to become entitled to monthly benefits without establishment of actual dependency); or (2) a dependent husband or widower to be able to become entitled to monthly benefits. Also effective this date, reduced benefits were made payable to disabled widows (and disabled surviving divorced wives at ages 50 to 59) and to dependent disabled widowers at ages 50 to 61.?

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2/1/1969 The Bureau of Disability Insurance completed its move to the Dickinson Building by mid-month.?

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2/1/1971 The Social Security Administration continued to extend to more States the procedure of having simultaneous development of evidence in disability cases, the District Offices developing the non-medical evidence while the State agencies were developing the medical evidence.?

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2/1/1972 The Bureau of Data Processing announced it would be issuing new Social Security cards and mailing them directly from central office, thereby shifting issuance from the field to the central office.?

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2/1/1973 The new Bureau of Supplemental Security Income for the aged, blind and disabled was established.?

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2/1/1973 SSA announced plans to build Metro West (600,000 square feet of office space) in downtown Baltimore and a Computer Center (800,000 square feet of office space) in Woodlawn. Completion of these buildings was expected in the fall of 1976.?

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2/1/1976 Phase one of the Claims Automated Processing System (CAPS) was extended to all District and Branch Offices. This system provided faster and more accurate payment of initial claims.?

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2/1/1976 An SSA Policy Council was activated. It included the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Associate Commissioners and the Directors of the Bureau of Hearings and Appeals and the Bureau of Health Insurance.?

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2/1/1980 Some 5,200 employees of the Office of Central Records Operations (OCRO) began moving into the new Metro West Building in downtown Baltimore. The 600,000 square foot facility sits on 11 acres in downtown Baltimore and cost about $92 million to build. More: https://www.ssa.gov/history/oasis/july1980.pdf?

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2/1/1980 Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Patricia Harris visited the Social Security Administration's headquarters at Woodlawn.?

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2/1/1982 SSA's Systems Modernization Plan is published.?

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2/1/1995 SSA's first General Business Plan published.?

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2/1/1999 SSA given an A rating in management performance by the Government Performance Project of the Maxwell School at Syracuse University (only federal agency rated to receive an A).?

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2/1/2000 SSA's Internet service, SSA Online, reached the rank of #10 on the list of most frequently visited federal government Web sites.?

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2/1/2010 SSA announced that 15 healthcare providers and networks have received $17.4 million in contract awards to provide electronic medical records to the agency.? These electronic medical records, which will be sent through the Nationwide Health Information Network (#NHIN), will significantly shorten the time it takes to make a disability decision and will improve the speed, accuracy, and efficiency of the disability program.?

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