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Mersky

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8. Sherrod Brown - It is odd that SSI applications have gone down during COVID

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Tue Sep 21, 2021, 03:56 PM

Sep 2021

SSA’s offices have been closed, says Romig. That’s why they’re down. Need hasn’t gone down.

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Policy Options for Improving SSI - Senate Finance Committee Hearing 9/21 [View all] Mersky Sep 2021 OP

Am listening and commenting lightly today as I gather my thoughts to submit to the Committee Mersky Sep 2021 #1

This is the first hearing on the matter Mersky Sep 2021 #2

Any discussion of lifting the cap to pay for it? JT45242 Sep 2021 #3

Gosh, that's a hard situation for your sister, but I think you're referring to SSDI benefits Mersky Sep 2021 #10

From a modern economics perspective, the Ticket to Work program is bizarrely bad Mersky Sep 2021 #4

And, they don't care what the work is. bamagal62 Sep 2021 #6

Yep. Is an outrageous bureaucratic contraption locked in archaic notions of people with disabilities Mersky Sep 2021 #12

Todd Young asked some tough questions Mersky Sep 2021 #5

Lankford asked starting questions that reflect he has little understanding of the system Mersky Sep 2021 #7

Sherrod Brown - It is odd that SSI applications have gone down during COVID Mersky Sep 2021 #8

Application rate to SSI is not a measure of effectiveness Mersky Sep 2021 #9

my youngest is on ssi. she'd love to marry her honey, but mopinko Sep 2021 #11

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