Proposed rule change could cut federal benefits for disabled adults

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Source: USA Today

April 29, 2026, 6:21 a.m. ET


The Trump administration is considering a rule that, if approved, would cut monthly federal benefits meant to support disabled adults and indigent older people who live with family members. ProPublica first reported on the proposed change on April 28 based on information from four federal officials, internal emails, and a federal regulatory listing.

The organization analyzed actuarial figures from the Social Security Administration and found that as many as 400,000 poor and disabled people and indigent older people could have their support cut or eliminated. The Supplemental Security Income program, run by the Social Security Administration, provides an average monthly payment of $737 to about 7.4 million people with severe disabilities and to indigent older people as of early 2026, according to the Congressional Research Service.

One factor Social Security considers when determining SSI eligibility is whether a person lives in a "public assistance household." For decades, Social Security narrowly defined a public assistance household as one where every person in the home had to receive some form of public assistance. If even one person in the home did not receive such benefits, it would hurt the disabled person’s chances of qualifying for SSI. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, was not among the qualifying programs.

In 2024, President Joe Biden’s administration added SNAP to the list of qualifying programs. It also lowered the bar so that if even one other household member received a qualifying benefit, the household could qualify as a public assistance household. The proposed rule change would remove SNAP from the list and again require all household members to receive public assistance.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/04/29/trump-rule-cut-federal-benefits-disabled-adults-older-people/89836823007/

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Link to ProPublica REPORT - The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families

[CurtEastPoint]

1. War? Yes. GD Ballroom? Yes. People? Fuck'em. THE GOP WAY!

[Ray Bruns]

2. The Republican Party! Screwing over the poor since 1929.

[questionseverything]

3. It costs thousands more every month for our seniors to live in a facility

Plus the outcomes at home are much better,

Just another example of the current administration doing the worst possible, most expensive thing he can to weaken the country

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4. The more vulnerable the human, the more these monsters feel compelled to screw them over.

And that obviously goes for literally screwing trafficked girls and women.

[purr-rat beauty]

6. This will not...

Make America...Safe, Healthy, nor Great

They hate us....and the US

[Bayard]

7. Completely unconscionable

They just want the disabled and elderly to die, and decrease the surplus population, using that money for their own benefit.