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WaPo: Trump Admin Looking to Change Age Requirements for Social Security Disability Payments

HeadlineOct 06, 2025

The Washington Post is reporting that the Trump administration is working on a plan to change age requirements for Americans to qualify for Social Security disability payments by raising the qualifying age to 60 or eliminating age as a factor entirely. The Post cited a paper showing that 750,000 fewer people would receive benefits in the next decade if the proposed rule change goes into effect.

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