Social Security Reform: Experience of the Alternate Plans in Texas
HEHS-99-31
Published: Feb 26, 1999. Publicly Released: Feb 26, 1999.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on three Texas counties' employee retirement plans, known as Alternate Plans, focusing on: (1) comparing the principal features and benefits of these plans with those of social security; and (2) simulating the retirement, survivor, and disability benefits that individuals in varying circumstances might receive under the Alternate Plans and under social security.
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Comparative analysisDisability benefitsMunicipal employeesRetirement incomeRetirement benefitsSocial security benefitsDependentsDisabilitiesWorkersSurvivor benefits