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Monday, July 14, 2008
H.R. 6457: To amend titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act to provide for equitable treatment of disability beneficiaries
Sponsor: Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA
Status: Introduced Jul 10, 2008
To amend titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act to provide for equitable treatment of disability beneficiaries with waxing and waning medical conditions by establishing, through the implementation of a sliding scale of benefits based on income, a system under which higher incomes result in lower benefits and lower incomes result in higher benefits, and work is incentivized by allowing greater total monthly income when working than could be provided by work or benefits alone.
Assigned to Ways and Means Committee
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