All of the talk from those opposed to providing sufficient funding to the Social Security Disaiblity Insurance (SSDI) program seem to think it will save tax payers money. According to a recent feature from the Center for American Progress, it will leave millions of Americans unable to take care of themselves and their families with no realistic hope of ever returning to work.

One of the main problems was related to a recent budget, which passed along party lines, designed to stop people from collecting unemployment benefits and Social Security Disability Benefits at the same time. In other words, the goal to prevent “double dipping” would punish disability insurance recipients who lose their jobs for reasons other than through their own fault, who apply for unemployment benefits.

Without being able to obtain unemployment insurance as a temporary stop gap measure, these disabled Americans would fall deeper into poverty and fall behind on even more bills. This would result in a much worse situation for these families, as well as costing tax payers more, which undermines the alleged reasons for preventing double dipping in the first place.

It is also interesting that those who are in favor of preventing so-called double dipping of unemployment and Social Security Disability Benefits are also in support of programs requiring disabled Americans to return to work.

SOURCE: Massachusetts Social Security Disability Lawyers Blog – Read entire story here.

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