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Lawmakers Want to Stop ‘Double Dipping’ of Disability Benefits
Lawmakers in both the House and Senate introduced legislation this week designed to prevent people from receiving both Social Security disability benefits (DI) and unemployment benefits (UI) at the same time. Known as the The Social Security Disability Insurance and Unemployment Benefits Double Dip Elimination Act of 2015, the bill was introduced by Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Sam Johnson (R-TX). Hatch and Johnson noted that President Obama proposed something similar in his 2016 budget with an estimated savings of $2 billion over 10 years. His proposal in the budget suggested reducing the DI benefit in any month UI benefits are also received, in order to eliminate the concurrent benefit payment….Read More
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