An amendment that would take effect in September 2024 would change the eligibility rules of the Social Security Administration (SSA).
This fundamentally has to do with food assistance and applies to those who receive or are part of the Supplemental Security Income Program (SSI).
Now, it is known to everyone that SSI provides adults and children with disabilities or blindness with monthly checks.
So, the new rule is aimed at benefiting around 7.4 million people who receive SSI in the United States.
The difference then lies in the fact that as of its implementation, food will no longer count as income to calculate people’s eligibility. Therefore, this measure could affect payments, since it could reduce the amount of benefits that participants should obtain.
What does this new rule mean?
In this sense, Darcy Milburn, director of Social Security and health care policies at The Arc, expressed several fundamental questions. The first of them is that SSI eligibility is for people who have incomes of less than $1971.00 USD per month.
The official claimed that, with this rule, beneficiaries will not have to worry that food received from family or friends will reduce their monthly benefits.
This “represents a significant step in addressing a complex, burdensome and inhumane policy that affects people with disabilities who receive SSI,” Milburn said.
Meanwhile, this would be the first of the changes that the Social Security Administration (SSA) ventures to make. Likewise, Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley stated that simplifying the entity’s policies represents, right now, a common sense solution.
All of this would reduce the burden on the public and agency staff. Additionally, by removing barriers to access payments you would be helping to promote equity.
2024-04-04 00:22:35
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