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Gwen Moore: “It's very very hard to get an SSI or SSDI disability.”

Featuring: Gwen Moore, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 4

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Gwen Moore and Wisconsin Democrats Critique Federal Budget Cuts on PBS Wisconsin's Here and Now

Published | Video Starts at 04:42

But to look, he looked like something snatched off the COVID of Sports Illustrated. There are so many people who are disabled or have medical problems that are not designated as disabled by the Social Security Administration. It's very very hard to get an SSI or SSDI disability. People apply and reapply and are rejected. But in the case of Medicaid, this they have actually scored throwing people off and say if you're a 54 year old man … (04:42–04:49)

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Asserts that obtaining SSI or SSDI disability status is very difficult.

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