How the Trump Administration Abandoned Plans for a Major Cut in Disability Benefits for Older Workers

TLDR

The Trump administration has abandoned plans to cut disability benefits for older workers, following pressure from advocates and media coverage highlighting the potential harm to loyal supporters. A meeting with White House officials confirmed the regulation would not proceed, with the Social Security Administration's commissioner also affirming the decision.

“After reporting by ProPublica and other publications, the administration is dropping an effort that could have led 830,000 people, disproportionately blue-collar workers in red states, to lose eligibility for Social Security disability payments.“