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Descriptor English: United States Social Security Administration
Descriptor Spanish: United States Social Security Administration
Descriptor United States Social Security Administration
Entry term(s) Agencia de Seguridad Social (EE UU)
Agencia de Seguridad Social (EE. UU.)
Agencia de Seguridad Social (EEUU)
Agencia de Seguridad Social (Estados Unidos)
Agencia de Seguridad Social de Estados Unidos
Agencia de Seguridad Social de los Estados Unidos
Oficina de los Estados Unidos para la Administración de Seguros Sociales
Scope note: Organismo independiente que forma parte del poder ejecutivo del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos. Administra un programa de seguros sociales en virtud del cual los empleados, los empresarios y los trabajadores autónomos pagan contribuciones que se agrupan en fondos de inversión. Parte de las contribuciones van a un fondo colectivo separado, de seguro hospitalario, para ayudar a los trabajadores que llegan a los 65 años a costear los gastos médicos. Otros programas incluyen el programa de ingresos suplementarios de la seguridad social para ancianos, ciegos y discapacitados y el programa de seguro para ancianos, supervivientes (viudos e hijos) y discapacitados. La SSA (sigla en inglés) se convirtió en una agencia independiente el 31 de marzo de 1995. Anteriormente formó parte del Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, y después del Department of Health and Human Services. (Traducción libre del original: United States Government Manual, 1994-1095).
Descriptor Portuguese: United States Social Security Administration
Descriptor French: Social Security Administration (USA)
Entry term(s): Social Security Administration
Social Security Administration (U.S.)
Social Security Administration, United States
Tree number(s): I01.409.418.750.999
N03.540.348.500.500.999
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019131
Scope note: An independent agency within the Executive Branch of the United States Government. It administers a national social insurance program whereby employees, employers, and the self-employed pay contributions into pooled trust funds. Part of the contributions go into a separate hospital insurance trust fund for workers at age 65 to provide help with medical expenses. Other programs include the supplemental social security income program for the aged, blind, and disabled and the Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance Program. It became an independent agency March 31, 1995. It had previously been part of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, later the Department of Health and Human Services. (From United States Government Manual, 1994-95)
Annotation: add UNITED STATES; research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Social Security (1966-1995)
Public MeSH Note: 96
History Note: 96
DeCS ID: 32585
Unique ID: D019131
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/06/05
Revision Date: 2015/06/29
United States Social Security Administration - Preferred
Concept UI M0028533
Scope note An independent agency within the Executive Branch of the United States Government. It administers a national social insurance program whereby employees, employers, and the self-employed pay contributions into pooled trust funds. Part of the contributions go into a separate hospital insurance trust fund for workers at age 65 to provide help with medical expenses. Other programs include the supplemental social security income program for the aged, blind, and disabled and the Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance Program. It became an independent agency March 31, 1995. It had previously been part of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, later the Department of Health and Human Services. (From United States Government Manual, 1994-95)
Preferred term United States Social Security Administration
Entry term(s) Social Security Administration
Social Security Administration (U.S.)
Social Security Administration, United States



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