Social Security Administration Social Security Benefits For People Living With Hiv Aids

The Social Security Administration (SSA) uses a screening tool called the Listing of Impairments to identify claimants who are so severely impaired that they cannot work at all and thus qualify for disability benefits. In this report, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) makes several recommendations for improving SSA's capacity for determining disability benefits more accurately and quickly using the HIV Infection Listings.

The U.S. Social Security Administration presents the full text of its May 1995 factsheet entitled "Social Security Benefits for People Living with HIV/AIDS." People with HIV/AIDS may qualify for disability benefits under two programs: Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income.