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Economic Legislation Should Include Key Measures for People With Disabilities

March 29, 2022 | Kathleen Romig

As policymakers craft an economic package for enactment this year, they should include policy proposals for people with disabilities that would allow many more disabled people to access affordable...

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The Case for Updating and Simplifying Supplemental Security Income

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Social Security Administration Cuts Hurt Every State

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Retirement Savings Bill Should Improve Financial Security for Low-Income Elderly, Disabled People

May 23, 2022 | Kathleen Romig

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Policymakers Should Expand and Simplify Supplemental Security Income

May 4, 2022 | Kathleen Romig and Sam Washington

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Social Security’s Disability Insurance (DI) program provides modest but vital benefits to workers who can no longer do substantial work due to a severe medical impairment.

We work to ensure that the program is adequately funded and to analyze reform proposals to determine their impact on the program’s long-term solvency and its beneficiaries.

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Retirement Savings Bill Should Improve Financial Security for Low-Income Elderly, Disabled People

Policymakers can correct one of the most egregious anti-savings provisions in federal law by raising Supplemental Security Income (SSI) asset limits as part of upcoming retirement...

Economic Legislation Should Include Key Measures for People With Disabilities

As policymakers craft an economic package for enactment this year, they should include policy proposals for people with disabilities that would allow many more disabled people to access...

Build Back Better Reduces Racial Disparities

The House Build Back Better (BBB) legislation takes important steps to address racial disparities rooted in this nation’s long history of racism and discrimination, which has created large gaps...

House Build Back Better Legislation Advances Racial Equity

The Build Back Better legislation approved by various House committees would help drive a more equitable recovery by making investments in children, workers, and health care that will enable...

House Build Back Better Legislation Advances Racial Equity

The Build Back Better legislation approved by various House committees would help drive a more equitable recovery by making investments in children, workers, and health care that will enable...

The Case for Updating and Simplifying Supplemental Security Income

As Congress considers economic recovery legislation, it should seize the opportunity to update and simplify Supplemental Security...

Policymakers Can Expand SSI to Cut Poverty for Seniors and People With Disabilities

As policymakers consider economic recovery legislation, they should seize the opportunity to expand and simplify the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, as we have recommended. The House...

After Decades of Neglect, It’s Time to Rebuild SSI

As policymakers craft economic recovery legislation later this year, they should include measures to expand and simplify the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, which provides...

Policymakers Should Expand and Simplify Supplemental Security Income

SSI benefits are critical for those who need them, but SSI is woefully out of...

People Who Seek Disability Benefits Face Health, Economic Challenges

People who seek Social Security disability benefits face many financial, social, and health challenges, a recent study confirms, rebutting any notion that applicants who are denied benefits can...

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