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Biden Administration Proposes Big Change To Benefits For People With Disabilities

Supplemental Security Income recipients could receive meals or groceries without the government cutting their benefits.

HuffPost

This would help a lot of people, and it’s one of the reasons it’s so important to push back against the “but the parties are equally bad, so you shouldn’t bother voting” type rhetoric.

jesus christ this would be huge.

hi! if you see this and think it’s a good idea: PLEASE leave a comment. it’s super easy & you can do this in <5 minutes:

When a government agency proposes a rule change like this, they legally must have a public comment period before finalizing it. AND they have to read and respond to those comments in the final draft of the regulation. Not enough people are aware of this , but it can really have an impact!!

Federal Register :: Request Access

federalregister.gov

This link will take you to the Federal Register page for the proposed rule, where you click the big green button to Submit a Formal Comment

Your comment can be as long or short as you’d like- it can just be one sentence! The key is to clearly STATE YOUR SUPPORT for the proposed rule. You can also look at other existing comments for support.

If you have personal experience with disability benefits, especially the reduction of benefits from free meals/groceries, those are great to include. They like to hear from people personally impacted by these changes, or know people who are.

I know it can be intimidating to post a public comment like this but it is SO IMPORTANT to engage with specific policy changes like this. Saying “this is great!” on social media doesn’t help governmental officials understand the level of support a change like this has, or how much good it would do.

I need to make sure my husband’s mother sees this. In 1980 she teamed up with Joe Biden to block a bill from Reagan’s Secretary Of Education that would have placed disabled students in institutions forever, and she made throwing petitions on the White House lawn cool. This is something she would advocate for fiercely.