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Disability: A Threat to Long-Term
Financial Security Is Growing More Serious
in a World of Increasing Individual Responsibility

Anna M. Rappaport
The Journal of Retirement Summer 2013, 1 (1) 55-66; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3905/jor.2013.1.1.055
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Disability poses a serious threat to the financial security of disabled persons both before and after retirement. Most Americans grossly underestimate their vulnerability to disability, and do not appreciate the impact it can have on their well-being when retired. Fewer than one in three American workers are covered by employer-sponsored longterm disability (LTD) insurance. The decline of the defined benefit pension plan has made matters worse. While defined benefit plans often included some disability protection and were coordinated with LTD coverage, defined contribution (DC) plans generally include no provision to protect retirement security in the event of disability. This article explains several problems related to disability protection that arise with DC plans and long-term financial security. It proposes both public policy reforms aimed at increasing the coverage and adequacy of disability insurance as well as steps that employers and financial planners could take to improve coverage and adequacy for their employees and clients.

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Financial Security Is Growing More Serious
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The Journal of Retirement Jun 2013, 1 (1) 55-66; DOI: 10.3905/jor.2013.1.1.055
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    • WHY DISABILITY POSES A THREAT TO RETIREMENT SECURITY
    • DISABILITY INSURANCE COVERAGE
    • SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS AND ELIGIBILITY
    • REGULATION OF DISABILITY INSURANCE AND DISABILITY COVERAGE
    • PREVALENCE OF EMPLOYER-SPONSORED LONG-TERM DISABILITY COVERAGE
    • DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DB AND DC DISABILITY BENEFIT PRACTICES
    • PROBLEMS WITH THE DC PLATFORM FOR DISABILITY INSURANCE
    • MORE GENERAL ISSUES WITH PRIVATELY PROVIDED DISABILITY INSURANCE
    • POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
    • WHAT EMPLOYERS CAN DO TODAY TO ENHANCE SECURITY IN A DC WORLD
    • WHAT FINANCIAL PLANNERS CAN DO TO PROTECT RETIREMENT SECURITY IN THE EVENT OF DISABILITY
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