Social Security not planning major disability overhaul amid criticism

The Social Security Administration is not planning to overhaul the way disability benefits work, an advocate who had conversations with administration officials this week tells Axios.

Why it matters: A previously reported plan would've reduced the number of people who qualified for disability and had panicked advocates.

Catch up quick The Washington Post in October first reported on the possibility that Social Security would put in place changes that would've made it harder for older Americans to obtain disability. • The proposal would've been the largest-ever cut to the program, per an analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. • At the time, a spokesman for the Social Security Administration told the paper the agency was working on plans to "propose improvements to t