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The Trump administration is preparing a plan that will make it harder for older Americans to qualify for Social Security disability payments, part of an overhaul of the federal safety net for poor, older and disabled people that could result in hundreds of thousands of people losing benefits, according to people familiar with the plans.
Currently, the Social Security Administration evaluates disability claims by considering age, work experience and education to determine if a person can adjust to other types of work. Older applicants, typically over 50, have a better chance of qualifying because age is treated as a limitation in adapting to many jobs.
But now officials are considering eliminating age as a factor entirely or raising the threshold to age 60, according to three people familiar with the plans who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share private discussions. They also plan to modernize labor market data used to judge whether claimants can work, replacing an outdated jobs database that includes obsolete occupations like nut sorters and telephone quotation clerks, following a Washington Post investigation in 2022.
It is unclear exactly how many Americans could lose access to disability benefits under the proposed rule changes.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-plan-limit-disability-benefits-211609604.html

Klarkashton
(4,210 posts)yellow dahlia
(3,306 posts)more than any one person could ever need.
riversedge
(78,192 posts)well, it is the job is eliminated, how can they qualify if they only know how to sort nuts??
Seriously, many more folks will be more poor and more poor and more poor.
They also plan to modernize labor market data used to judge whether claimants can work, replacing an outdated jobs database that includes obsolete occupations like nut sorters and telephone quotation clerks, following a Washington Post investigation in 2022.
AZJonnie
(1,756 posts)"They also plan to modernize labor market data used to judge whether claimants can work, replacing an outdated jobs database that includes obsolete occupations like nut sorters and telephone quotation clerks, following a Washington Post investigation in 2022".
Just saying
Lovie777
(20,578 posts)damn
markodochartaigh
(4,261 posts)Living in Florida I've become quite good at sorting nuts. I run into so many on a daily basis.
Bluestocking
(319 posts)where do I sign up, I am tired of working.
marybourg
(13,550 posts)thats fun.
Bluestocking
(319 posts)but I continue to work full time. Working for me is more challenging than for healthy folks.
marybourg
(13,550 posts)to legitimately collect under SSDI. Many people have to hire lawyers to have a chance at making their case.
LuckyCharms
(20,759 posts)steelyboo
(680 posts)Bluestocking
(319 posts)Over 400 listings in the US. Unfortunately none were remote.
Most were in agriculture which I am guessing is hard to fill with all the migrants being deported.
There was one listing for a lobster sorter in Maine. Pays $20/hour. Guessing a lot of employees lose fingers in that job. Ouch.
kacekwl
(8,641 posts)or a failed farmer.
Johnny2X2X
(23,468 posts)Theyre coming after disability and it will be based on your politics if you lose yours.