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## Social Security Benefit Payment Data

Office of the Chief Actuary 

Trust Fund databases

Financial operations for selected time period

Time series for selected financial components

 Table of annual data on benefit payments:           OASI and      DI.

Benefit data for countries with        Social Security agreements

Benefit payments presented in the following technical reports do *not*       include payments for vocational rehabilitation services nor are the benefit       amounts reduced for reimbursements of unnegotiated checks. 
| Report name         | **Description**            (see notes below)                                                                                                        |
|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Benefit composition | Includes total payments,               current-payment amounts, retroactive payments,              and, for OASI fund only, lump-sum death payments |
| Payment summary     | Includes total payments, cyclical payment amounts,                 Medicare premiums deducted from benefits                                         |
| Cyclical payment    | Cyclical payments by payment method                                                                                                                 |

              Trustfund(s)Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI)            Disability Insurance (DI)            Both funds combined (OASDI)            

        Select summarization of data by        month,           calendar year,   or        fiscal year

          Units display:          None        Thousands        Millions
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Notes- The benefit composition report includes  benefits in current payment status .     Such benefits    -  are before deduction of Medicare premiums,   >        exclude retroactive payments for prior months of eligibility, and  >      represent benefits paid during the given period for eligibility in the prior month. The prior     month's eligibility is determined in the latter part of that prior month. Changes in the determination     of payable benefits are generally not made until the payments are made.     
     For the OASI program, lump-sum death payments are made to certain eligible individuals.
 >     The difference between total benefits, any applicable lump-sum death payments, and the amounts      in current payment status is the amount of retroactive payments.    
The payment summary report includes the actual amounts paid to beneficiaries under    
cyclical payment
 procedure by payment cycle.  The report also    includes Medicare premiums that were deducted from benefits.
The cyclical payment report provides more detail on the cyclical payments that     are available through the "payment summary" report.  Specifically,    it provides a split of the cyclical payments by    
payment method
—paper checks versus direct deposit.
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