President Trump’s 2019 budget wouldn’t just hurt people with disabilities, as we’ve explained, but older Americans as well. While running for President, President Trump repeatedly promised not to cut...
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President’s Budget Would Hurt People with Disabilities
February 21, 2018
President Trump’s 2019 budget would make it harder for millions of people with disabilities to afford the basics — food on the table, a roof over their heads, and access to health care — by cutting $72 billion over ten years from disability programs, including Social Security Disability Insurance...
Budget Deal Gives Policymakers Another Chance to Fund Social Security Technology Improvements
February 15, 2018
Now that Congress has agreed to raise the caps on discretionary spending in 2018 and 2019, policymakers have another chance to adequately fund technology upgrades that would improve the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) payment accuracy and prevent fraud. The...
Budget Agreement Funding Could Reduce Social Security Disability Backlog
February 15, 2018
The bipartisan agreement to raise the caps on discretionary spending in 2018 and 2019 reportedly calls for higher funding for the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) operating budget, which is starved for resources after years of...
Funding Bills Would Hurt Social Security Customer Service
October 6, 2017
The full House and the Senate Appropriations Committee have passed woefully inadequate funding plans for operating the Social Security Administration (SSA), which...
Why You Should Care About Social Security Disability Insurance
August 1, 2017
Sixty-one years ago today, President Eisenhower signed a bill creating Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). Many Americans don’t know much about this vital program — even though, by working, they’re earning coverage that protects them against financial ruin if they become too sick or hurt to support themselves. We’ve updated our SSDI...
Previewing the Social Security and Medicare Trustees’ Reports
July 12, 2017
The Social Security and Medicare trustees will release their annual reports on the programs’ finances tomorrow and, though we don’t know how the projections may change from last year’s, we expect them to tell a similar story: ...
Trump Budget Would Hurt Older Americans
May 25, 2017
President Trump’s 2018 budget wouldn’t just hurt people with disabilities, as we’ve explained, but older Americans as well. During the campaign, Trump repeatedly promised not to cut Social...
President’s Budget Would Hurt People with Disabilities
May 23, 2017
President Trump’s 2018 budget would make it harder for millions of people with disabilities to afford the basics — food on the table, a roof over their heads, and access to health care.
The Big Picture On Disability Benefits
March 31, 2017
In light of the Washington Post’s new profile of a Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) applicant in Lamar County, Alabama, let’s put the story in its proper context:
- The Post story highlights an atypical case: a young applicant in a county ...
