Asset limits are just one economic hurdle people with disabilities face
www.wbur.org
It’s been decades since the government set how much money someone with a disability can keep in savings and still be eligible for Supplemental Security Income benefits.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ssi-rules-families-poverty/

The Supplemental Security Income program (SSI) was created in 1972 under the Nixon administration to provide financial support to low-income seniors and disabled people. An effort to federalize state-level adult support programs across the country, SSI is a means-tested program—there are financial requirements to be eligible. In the case of SSI, as of its last adjustment in 1989, enrollees cannot have savings of more than $2,000 as an individual or $3,000 as a family. Furthermore, SSI beneficiaries are prohibited from having retirement accounts, life insurance policies, certain types of personal property, funeral/burial policies, and access to other types of income.

[emphasis mine]

OMG I’m gonna test some means! hillgasm

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  • Kolibri [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    62·
    1 month ago

    I hate this country, this reminded me of last year before my mom died. when she got injured from her workplace, she tried to apply for disability and got denied. and she was worried of going homeless from all her medical bills. she was thinking of getting a disability lawyer to help with this, but her health ended up declining very fast before she could get to that

    • TankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      55·
      1 month ago

      I’m so sorry, comrade. cuddle

      Anecdotally, from a friend of mine, everyone gets denied on their first disability application. An attorney is a de facto requirement. Probably intentional in order to cull the numbers. Wonderful system.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        39·
        1 month ago

        100%. Everyone gets denied and it is 100% to cull people. If you ask them they’d tell you it’s to encourage people to go back to work and not cheat the system, which is obvious bullshit.

      • Kolibri [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
        34·
        1 month ago

        meow-hug I have heard that, and it is pretty evil that they do that. Especially since like. Going to last year, when this happen, my mom hardly could walk, yet they still thought she could work? She needed a walker and she couldn’t go far due to her workplace pretty much hurting her back. She couldn’t even drive anymore or go to the store. Along with carrying an oxygen tank due to another medical conditions of hers. How could they still think she could still work and not need disability?