Let’s be extremely clear about something: SSDI stands for Social Security Disability Insurance. It is part of the Social Security program. While in the public mind, “Social Security” usually connotes payments you receive in retirement based on your prior earnings, Social Security also encompasses a program compensating past workers who develop disabilities that prevent them from participating in the workforce. That’s disability insurance, the program that Trump’s budget is set to cut.

via VOX.

Among other things, the President’s FY 2018 budget:

  • Cuts billions from Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI).
  • Slashes more than $600 billion from the Medicaid program, which undermines seniors’ access to long-term care.
  • Eliminates the Community Services Block Grant which helps to pay for the Meals-on-Wheels program, delivering hot meals to needy seniors.
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