Lloyd Doggett tweeted the following:
"The Stop the Wait Act directs the Social Security Administration to phase out the five-month waiting period to receive SSDI benefits and allow those who are uninsured or unable to afford health insurance to immediately receive Medicare coverage."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Lloyd Doggett:
"NEW: With @SenBobCasey, @RepBrianFitz, and more than 80 cosponsors, Ive introduced the Stop the Wait Act to end the harmful waiting periods during which Americans with serious disabilities are denied access to Medicare."Read on Twitter
"After enduring an often-long application process to receive Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits, beneficiaries are barred from receiving payments for the five-month period following the onset of their disability."Read on Twitter
"They must also wait 29 monthsa 24-month waiting period after the start of disability paymentsto receive health insurance through Medicare. More appropriately described as suffering periods, an estimated 1.6 million Americans are currently stuck in the Medicare waiting period."Read on Twitter
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