Under the current Social Security Disability Insurance structure, individuals with the lowest incomes also receive the smallest benefit checks. Based on current beneficiaries, an anti-poverty benefit would increase benefits for 36 percent of future beneficiaries while decreasing benefits for the other 64 percent.
Under the current Social Security Disability Insurance structure, individuals with the lowest incomes also receive the smallest benefit checks. Based on current beneficiaries, an anti-poverty benefit would increase benefits for 36 percent of future beneficiaries while decreasing benefits for the other 64 percent.