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   LiteralGrill (literalgrill@sakurajima.moe)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 05:10:50 JST LiteralGrill

   This could be me and you if the US government allowed disabled people to get married without losing their benefits...

   #Disabled

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 09:39:47 JST Joe Ortiz

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     • Marc Franz

     @literalgrill @marcfranz8 Yep, especially if an individual is on SSI and/or Medicaid. The total asset (resource) limit is currently $2,000 ($3,000 if married) and that hasn't changed since 1989.

     It's a de-facto marriage ban and sadly, there's no plans to change this anytime soon or ever.

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     LiteralGrill (literalgrill@sakurajima.moe)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 09:39:48 JST LiteralGrill

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     • Marc Franz

     @marcfranz8 This doesn't always happen, but many times marriage ends up putting someone into a bracket of making "too much money" to get the benefits they need. There are other ways the government sometimes uses this to take folks off of disability too so they have no income or insurance.

     It is bad enough some folks get divorced on purpose because they need their benefits to live. It's very depressing. Disabled folks still need marriage equality.

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     Marc Franz (marcfranz8@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2024 09:39:56 JST Marc Franz

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     @literalgrill Love the photo!

     I'm curious what you mean about losing benefits. Do you mean when two disabled people get married, because I don't recall losing any benefits when I married my spouse who is not disabled? It does absolutely suck that the government taxes Social Security income.