Urge Key House Members to Oppose New Trump Rules That Harm Persons with Disabilities

By MUUSJN on Monday, December 28th, 2020

BEFORE JANUARY 1ST, Leave a Message For

Rep. John Larson, House Ways & Means Committee

1-202-224-2265 (DC) or 1-860-278-8888 (Hartford, CT)

(Chair of the Social Security Subcommittee)

AND

Rep. Dan Kildee, Member, Ways & Means Social Security Subcommittee

1-202-225-3611 or 810-238-8627 (Flint)

Urge them to oppose these harmful rules & Urge Pres. elect Biden to rescind them in 2021.

TALKING POINTS:

  1. This August, the Trump administration issued a rule making it harder for workers with disabilities to appeal to collect Social Security Disability Insurance. It issued another rule that requires person with disabilities to prove they are eligible every two years or lose their benefits;
  2. These rules are an unfair demand on Americans with disabilities. Members of Congress have called these rules “harassment” or just plain “mean”.
  3. Urge the House Ways & Means Social Security Committee Chair John Larson and Rep. Dan Kildee, to oppose these harmful rules and call on President Elect Biden to rescind them in 2021.

BACKGROUND

In January of 2020, the Trump Administration called for imposing a new layer of disability review on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries. Lawmakers and advocates fought back. However, this August, the Trump administration issued this rule that would force persons on disability to “re-prove” their disabilities every two years. This new step would compel beneficiaries living on fixed incomes to produce additional medical and financial records. It could strip millions of their financial benefits. (For more information click HERE to read article “SSDI Beneficiaries Don’t Need Trump Administration New Rules”, January 10, 2020.)

The administration issued another rule this August that would make it harder for workers with disabilities to appeal their eligibility for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). Under this rule, agency lawyers who may be politically motivated, will handle disability appeals vs. more objective administrative law judges. Click HERE to see an article in the November 24th issue of The Hill called “Two More Parting Shots from Trump Aimed Squarely at Disabled Workers”.

Both rules were to begin during the middle of December 2020. Now there is less than a week left in year 2000. Congress must stand up NOW for the rights of persons with disabilities.

Call Rep. John Larson and Rep. Dan Kildee, members of the Social Security sub-committee of the House Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over SSDI. Urge them to oppose these harmful rules and call on President elect Biden to rescind them in 2021. (See talking points at the beginning of this alert.)

Thank you for standing up for the rights of disabled persons!

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