The Trump administration plans to overhaul the federal safety net for poor, older, and disabled people by making it harder for them to qualify for Social Security disability payments. If the proposed rule changes are finalized, hundreds of thousands of people could lose benefits, with estimates suggesting that 750,000 fewer people would receive benefits over the next decade. The plan aims to modernize labor market data used to judge whether claimants can work, but critics argue it will unfairly penalize older Americans and deny benefits to those who truly need them.
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/10/05/disability-social-security-age-benefits