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Marriage Penalty for SSI Recipients

July 27, 2016
Smith Godios Sorensen
General, News, Supplemental Security Income
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A recent article in the Columbus Dispatch, and reprinted in the Akron Beacon Journal, discusses the "marriage penalty" for some disabled individuals. The penalty only applies to those couples where one person is receiving Supplemental Security Income "SSI" benefits. If you…

Delays could come sooner than later if Congress allows another Social Security shutdown "The Social Security Administration's administrative budget costs are seven tenths of one percent (.7%) of beneficiary outlays. These costs make SSA the most cost effective program in the US government and private sector alike."

July 19, 2016
Shannon E. Sorensen
Children, Congress, News, Politics, Social Security, Social Security Disability, Supplemental Security Income
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