Why leave it, leave it open ended? Well, I think, I mean, you're talking about the potential to be able to cut disability benefits. The bill specifically stipulates the demonstration project may not reduce beneficiaries total income. And this is a new beneficiary protection that was not included, by the way, in the previous authorization. The SSA's disability insurance demonstration authority. Why not authorize specific demos in the statute? (03:32–03:38)
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