♿Social Security Administration faces $163 billion cut targeting disability insurance

Presidential budget proposals threaten to eliminate essential disability services that millions rely on daily for basic survival needs. Social Security Disability Insurance, Supplemental Security Income, and state vocational rehabilitation programs face funding cuts that would force disabled Americans into poverty and homelessness.

Staff reductions at disability determination offices mean Americans with severe disabilities wait additional months or years for benefits decisions while facing medical bills and housing costs. Processing delays force disabled individuals to exhaust savings and rely on family support while bureaucratic backlogs deny essential income.

The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees equal treatment under law, but disability program eliminations create two classes of Americans—those who can work and those abandoned by federal support. Constitutional principles require government to provide equal access to basic services regardless of disability status.

Parents of disabled adult children lose respite care services and day programs that enable employment while caring for family members. Spouses become full-time caregivers without professional support, destroying family financial stability and forcing impossible decisions between earning income and providing care.