Please read this! Gopigs give gazillions in tax cuts to rich. Yet cut folks from food stamps and SSA safety nets. The gopigs continue their war on the poor. Deplorable. https://twitter.com/morethanmySLE/status/1205494711185793024
More than 16 million Americans receive either SSDI (8.5 million) or SSI (8 million). SSI benefits can run to $770 a month; SSDI payments, which are based on lifetime earnings, can range from $800 to $1,800 monthly, government figures show.
The proposed rule change would create a fourth category: “Medical Improvement Likely,” which would mandate disability reviews every two years, creating an additional 2.6 million reviews over the first 10-year period.
“There’s an underhandedness to this,” Stein said. “It’s ideological, not based on medicine or science.”
Asked about the appearance of taking benefits from vulnerable Americans in an election season, Lang replied, “I don’t think they care about the optics very much. They’re just focused on saving money.”
And who funds Heritage Foundation that’s apparently writing policy?
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