Asset limits are just one economic hurdle people with disabilities face
www.wbur.org
It’s been decades since the government set how much money someone with a disability can keep in savings and still be eligible for Supplemental Security Income benefits.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ssi-rules-families-poverty/

The Supplemental Security Income program (SSI) was created in 1972 under the Nixon administration to provide financial support to low-income seniors and disabled people. An effort to federalize state-level adult support programs across the country, SSI is a means-tested program—there are financial requirements to be eligible. In the case of SSI, as of its last adjustment in 1989, enrollees cannot have savings of more than $2,000 as an individual or $3,000 as a family. Furthermore, SSI beneficiaries are prohibited from having retirement accounts, life insurance policies, certain types of personal property, funeral/burial policies, and access to other types of income.

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OMG I’m gonna test some means! hillgasm

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  • Wertheimer [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    13·
    4 days ago

    Ah, shit, I’ve spent the last few days wondering how these people sleep at night and then I end up contributing to a comrade’s insomnia instead.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      I can’t imagine. Every day you’re looking people in the face telling them that a state that absolutely could help them is instead condemning them to torment and death. Every single day, all day long.