I'm Just a Bill: Social Security Disability Benefits Modernization
👀 I’m Just a Bill: Disability Benefits Modernization A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Modernization of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in the 119th Congress, addressing backlog, asset limits, and earned-income disincentives. What does it actually do? SSI asset limit reform: raises the long-frozen $2,000 individual / $3,000 couple asset limit Application backlog: funds SSA capacity to clear documented multi-year application backlog Earnings disincentives: modifies the cliff at which earned income terminates eligibility Marriage penalty: addresses SSI marriage penalty Plan to Achieve Self-Support: expands PASS work-incentive program Who votes when? House Ways & Means + Senate Finance active consideration How does this affect cooperative-class families? SSDI/SSI affect approximately 8.5 million American adults and 1 million children. Composes with #7 MSA member capital-pooling (current SSI asset limit prevents disabled members from participating in MSA at meaningful levels), #5 The Family Table disability-care coordination, and #8 Defense Klaus disability-survivor crisis services. ...