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New Social Security Rule Limits Access To Non-English Speakers – This Change Could See 1000s Of Illegals Lose Benefits
Right Journalism ^ | 02.26.2020 | Alex D.

Posted on 02/26/2020 5:31:06 AM PST by USA Conservative

New social security rule will block people that speak limited or no English from getting benefits through the system’s disability insurance program.

The change would remove the “inability to communicate in English” from the list of educational categories that are considered when the Social Security Administration’s administrative law judges determine who qualifies to receive disability insurance through the program.

“It is important that we have an up-to-date disability program,” Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul said.

“The workforce and work opportunities have changed, and outdated regulations need to be revised to reflect today’s world,” he added.

The Hill reported that the new rule, which goes into effect April 27, would remove English speaking as a factor of educational attainment, making it more difficult for non-English speakers to qualify for the aid.

Democrats slammed the decision.

“With this rule, the Trump administration will deny people the Social Security disability benefits they’ve earned,” said Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.), who chairs the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security.

“For years, Social Security’s rules recognized that for an older worker applying for disability benefits with severe health conditions, and with no or little transferable job skills, the inability to communicate in English poses an additional barrier to work. The new rule will end [the Social Security Administration’s] consideration of this obstacle,” he added.

The rule, he estimated, would affect some 10,000 people a year.

According to the SSA, the rule change could reduce total insurance benefits by up to 10,500 claims a year. 6,500 of those would come from Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance, or OASDI, a buy-in program funded through taxes. 4,000 more would come from Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, a program that functions more like a welfare benefit.

The SSA claimed that immigrants with higher education (and presumably higher language skills) are increasingly entering the country, rendering the rule superfluous. “Changes in the national workforce since we added this category to our rules in 1978,” the proposal’s summary explains, “demonstrate that this education category is no longer a reliable indicator of an individual’s educational attainment or the vocational impact of an individual’s education.”

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TOPICS: Government; Health/Medicine; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: aliens; donaldtrump; draintheswamp; illegals; socialsecurity; spam; welfare
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DRAIN THE SWAMP!
1 posted on 02/26/2020 5:31:06 AM PST by USA Conservative
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To: USA Conservative

Well it’s about time. Hopefully this will be sustained and not shot down by a treasonous commie judge.


2 posted on 02/26/2020 5:33:02 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: USA Conservative

So let me get this straight. People could qualify for Social Security disability payments simply because they couldn’t speak english?


3 posted on 02/26/2020 5:36:42 AM PST by TaxPayer2000 (The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government...)
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To: USA Conservative

I’ll bet we see night school English classes filling up quickly.


4 posted on 02/26/2020 5:36:58 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
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To: TaxPayer2000

And all this time they have been telling us that ILLEGALS do not receive benefits.

They wouldn’t lie now, would they?


5 posted on 02/26/2020 5:38:10 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: HighSierra5

Do not accept deceptive news article titles.

Inability to Speak English is not a SSD/SSI Covered “Disability”.

Access to real disability coverage is unimpeded.


6 posted on 02/26/2020 5:38:58 AM PST by CharlesOConnell (CharlesOConnell)
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To: TaxPayer2000

No speeka English. Dinero?


7 posted on 02/26/2020 5:39:48 AM PST by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENTLY)
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To: TaxPayer2000

And what passes as “learning English”? “I vote for you”?!


8 posted on 02/26/2020 5:40:29 AM PST by albie
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To: TaxPayer2000

When you have a disability, social security looks at a variety of factors to decide if you should just get a check every month or retrain to work in a different job. In the past, not speaking English was a factor in saying retraining probably won’t work. It won’t in the future.


9 posted on 02/26/2020 5:42:34 AM PST by mongrel
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To: TADSLOS; Tennessee Nana; AuntB; no-to-illegals

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10 posted on 02/26/2020 5:42:45 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: TaxPayer2000
One legend is they'd say their kids had Attention Deficit Disorder.....
and would even train the kids to act loony....so they could cash in.
11 posted on 02/26/2020 5:44:31 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: TaxPayer2000

Not simply because; but one of the deciding factors.

Two identically marginally disabled applicants under the definitions kept for SSI; one native born English=speaking, one not able to speak Engish. The one not able to speak English is more likely to be approved for benefits.

Oh yes, the liberal rot extends that deep. They’ve thought of every possible way to stack the deck in favor of their agenda; and Trump keeps pulling supports from the bottom of the house of cards.


12 posted on 02/26/2020 5:44:33 AM PST by Reagan80 ("In this current crisis, government is not the solution to our problems, government IS the problem")
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To: USA Conservative
Gee, they could always learn English...

I know it's a dumb question, but how do ILLEGALS (non citizens) qualify for SS benefits.

13 posted on 02/26/2020 5:45:07 AM PST by Popman
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To: USA Conservative

Illiteracy in a foreign language is NOT a qualifying disability and those who originally pushed it through should be named and held accountable.


14 posted on 02/26/2020 5:45:08 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Everyone knows Hillary was corrupt, lied, destroyed documents, and influenced witnesses. Rat crime.)
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To: USA Conservative

Why are illegals getting SS in the first place?


15 posted on 02/26/2020 5:45:21 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: TaxPayer2000

Not a specific reason, but it could tip the balance between getting SS and not getting it.


16 posted on 02/26/2020 5:45:38 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (A socalist is someone that wants everything you have except your job.)
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To: SkyDancer

The article doesn’t say illegals are getting Social Security.


17 posted on 02/26/2020 5:48:45 AM PST by mongrel
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To: All

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An ambitious pol like Warren must have researched these requirements very carefully.


18 posted on 02/26/2020 5:48:55 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: a fool in paradise

The article doesn’t say that illiteracy in a foreign language ever was a qualifying disability.


19 posted on 02/26/2020 5:50:06 AM PST by mongrel
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To: USA Conservative

It’s not new!! The law that President Trump is enforcing has been on the books since 1952. Other Presidents (Obama, GW Bush) chose to IGNORE it. President Trump isn’t.


20 posted on 02/26/2020 5:50:36 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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