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SSI Rule Change Warning Issued - Newsweek,com
An article posted yesterday on newsweek.com explains the implications of a proposed rule change that could affect benefit levels for “hundreds of thousands of Americans, including many of the most financially vulnerable.” The proposed ruling would change “how household income and support are calculated and limit which benefits count toward Public Income Maintenance (PIM)…(t)he rule would also remove SNAP benefits (food stamps) from qualifying income categories.” The post acknowledges that the rule change is not final and will be subject to public comment. Read the full article here…
Note also that, despite the article’s title–“Social Security Change Could Cut Benefits for 400,000 Americans”– the rule change discussed in the text has no direct relationship to Social Security benefits. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a separate program funded by the federal government and has no bearing or impact on the use of Social Security revenue. The confusion that generally accompanies articles related to SSI arises from the Social Security Administration having operational responsibility for administering SSI.