Trump considers removing age as a factor in disability determinations. That could cost 750,000 Americans their benefits

Republicans’ hostility to Social Security in general has been well-documented over the years . Less widely recognized is their antagonism for one component of the program: disability coverage.

As a target, disability had ebbed as disability rolls declined, along with unemployment, during the economic recovery of the last few years. But it’s back.

Despite promising repeatedly not to cut Social Security benefits, President Trump is contemplating a change in disability standards that could deprive as many as 750,000 potential recipients their eligibility for benefits over 10 years. That’s the judgment of the Urban Institute, which undertook a painstaking analysis of t

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