Des Moines Sun

There were 41,244 total OASDI widow and parent beneficiaries in Iowa in 2018, a 3% decrease from 2017, which had 42,529 total beneficiaries, according to the official Social Security Administration website.

The Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program is a program of the Social Security Administration funded primarily through payroll taxes. It was signed into law in 1935 by then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The OASDI program aims to supplement a worker’s lost wages due to retirement, disability or death of a spouse.