From a press release issued yesterday:
Top Democrat Committee leaders in the House and Senate today called on the Social Security Administration (SSA) to withdraw a proposed rule, “Removing Inability to Communicate in English as an Education Category.” House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT), House Ways and Means Worker & Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Senate Finance Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sent the letter to Acting SSA Commissioner Nancy Berryhill.
“In [the proposed rule], SSA makes a harmful and unjustified attempt to deny Social Security and Supplemental Security Income disability benefits to older workers with long-term or fatal medical impairments who are severely limited in their functional capacity and who cannot communicate in English. We request that SSA withdraw this proposed rule,” the members wrote.
3 comments:
Who in SSA thought of that one?
This is a non-issue: What is not said is that many, if not most, who claim not to speak English have lived and worked in the US for many years and have chosen NOT to learn english. Besides, inability to speak English is not an impediment to employment in many areas of the US.
This isn't denying benefits to "older workers with long-term or fatal medical impairments". That's total garbage. It's about closing a loophole that should've been fixed long ago.
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