President’s Budget Request includes Major Cuts to SSI and SSDI

    On Tuesday, President Trump released his Fiscal Year 2018 budget request. The proposed budget includes major cuts to Social Security disability benefits. According to a press release by the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives Executive Director, Barbara Silverstone, the cuts include: Reducing SSDI retroactive payments to six months, instead of twelve months, before the protected filing date. That […]