[BlindTlk] The Trump administration has just declared war on Social Security - Raw Story

Tue Dec 24 02:08:30 UTC 2019

Not saying this is incorrect, but I've never heard of someone with a
disability having to get recertified every six months.  The only thing I can
think of that works that way is Medicaid.  

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Social Security - Raw Story

You have to show up for that series of appointments every six months.
If for whatever good reason you happen to be out of your normal area on
travel you will miss those appointments and you will loose your elligibility
until you start the entire application process again.
That's what to worry about whether rightly elligible or not.

On Mon, 23 Dec 2019, Judy Jones via BlindTlk wrote:

> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 12:51:58
> From: Judy Jones via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
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> Cc: Judy Jones <sonshines59 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] The Trump administration has just declared war on
>     Social Security ? Raw Story
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> If one truly has a disability, what is there to worry about.  There are
many on the system who do not belong there, and this is the reason for the
weeding out.
>
> Judy
>
> ?Embrace each day with His mercies and blessings.?
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> https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/the-trump-administration-has-just-dec
> lared-war-on-social-security/
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> The Trump administration has just declared war on Social Security By 
> Independent Media Institute December 22, 2019 An attack on any part of 
> Social Security is an attack on the entire system and all current and
future beneficiaries. The latest proposal from Donald Trump?s
administration, which is designed to rip benefits away from hundreds of
thousands of Americans with disabilities, amounts to a declaration of war on
Social Security.
> The Trump administration proposal would require millions of Social
Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
beneficiaries to re-prove their eligibility for benefits as often as every
six months ? far more frequently than is currently the case. There is no
justification for this policy. The United States already has some of the
strictest eligibility criteria for disability benefits in the world. More
than half of all claims are denied.
>
> We should be making it easier for workers to claim the Social Security
benefits they?ve earned with every paycheck, not harder. And ripping
benefits away from current beneficiaries, who rely on them to survive, is
even worse.
>
> We know what the effects of the Trump proposal would be, because Ronald
Reagan implemented a very similar benefit cut back in the 1980s. Reagan?s
policy ripped away the benefits of 200,000 Americans with disabilities. The
New York Times reported that ?people with obvious physical and mental
disabilities? lost their benefits ?without having been interviewed.?
>
> Ultimately, Reagan was forced to reverse his attack on Social Security
after massive public outcry, and bipartisan condemnation from Congress ? but
not before 21,176 people died, including several who died by suicide,
?because their benefits were cut off.?
>
> Donald Trump himself might not be a diligent student of history, but his
advisers ? men like Mick Mulvaney, Trump?s chief of staff and a longtime
enemy of Social Security ? know exactly what they are doing. They want to
resurrect Reagan?s Social Security cut knowing full well that it killed
people.
>
> This could impact any of us, even those of us who are currently healthy.
Imagine that you are hit by a car tomorrow, and suffer life-altering
injuries that prevent you from working. You?re faced with crushing medical
bills, and you?ve lost your income. In such situations, SSDI benefits are a
crucial lifeline. Donald Trump wants to rip that lifeline away.
>
> Trump and Mulvaney are targeting people with disabilities first, because
they perceive them as politically vulnerable. But if they are allowed to get
away with this attack, it will be only the beginning. They want to destroy
every part of Social Security, including retirement benefits, and turn it
over to their criminal friends on Wall Street.
>
> We must stop Trump?s plan. The Social Security Administration is
collecting comments on the proposal until the end of January. You can
comment opposing the plan here. Everyone must also call their elected
officials. Congressional condemnation played a huge role in forcing Ronald
Reagan to reverse his version of the attack, and it can stop Trump in his
tracks.
>
> If we let the politicians in Washington, D.C., take away some people?s
earned benefits, it means they can take away all of our earned benefits.
>
> This article was produced by Economy for All, a project of the Independent
Media Institute.
>
> Alex Lawson is the executive director of Social Security Works, a
non-profit advocacy group that supports expanding benefits to address
America?s growing retirement security crisis. Lawson has appeared on
numerous TV and radio outlets and is a frequent guest host of The ?Thom
Hartmann Program,? one of the top progressive radio shows in the country.
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