Ssi on Cephas - Liana Banyan Knowledge Centerhttps://cephas.lianabanyan.com/tags/ssi/Recent content in Ssi on Cephas - Liana Banyan Knowledge CenterHugo -- 0.152.2en-us© 2026 Liana Banyan Corporation. All rights reserved.Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000I'm Just a Bill: Social Security Disability Benefits Modernizationhttps://cephas.lianabanyan.com/im-just-a-bill/disability-benefits-modernization/Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://cephas.lianabanyan.com/im-just-a-bill/disability-benefits-modernization/<h1 id="-im-just-a-bill--disability-benefits-modernization">👀 I&rsquo;m Just a Bill — Disability Benefits Modernization</h1> <h2 id="a-liana-banyan-im-just-a-bill-bounty-poster">A Liana Banyan &ldquo;I&rsquo;m Just a Bill&rdquo; Bounty Poster</h2> <h2 id="what-is-this-bill">What is this bill?</h2> <p>Modernization of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in the 119th Congress, addressing backlog, asset limits, and earned-income disincentives.</p> <h2 id="what-does-it-actually-do">What does it actually do?</h2> <ul> <li><strong>SSI asset limit reform</strong> — raises the long-frozen $2,000 individual / $3,000 couple asset limit</li> <li><strong>Application backlog</strong> — funds SSA capacity to clear documented multi-year application backlog</li> <li><strong>Earnings disincentives</strong> — modifies the cliff at which earned income terminates eligibility</li> <li><strong>Marriage penalty</strong> — addresses SSI marriage penalty</li> <li><strong>Plan to Achieve Self-Support</strong> — expands PASS work-incentive program</li> </ul> <h2 id="who-votes-when">Who votes when?</h2> <ul> <li>House Ways &amp; Means + Senate Finance active consideration</li> </ul> <h2 id="how-does-this-affect-cooperative-class-families">How does this affect cooperative-class families?</h2> <p>SSDI/SSI affect approximately 8.5 million American adults and 1 million children. Composes with <strong>#7 MSA</strong> member capital-pooling (current SSI asset limit prevents disabled members from participating in MSA at meaningful levels), <strong>#5 The Family Table</strong> disability-care coordination, and <strong>#8 Defense Klaus</strong> disability-survivor crisis services.</p>