Overview
- Disability advocate Jason Turkish says White House deputy chief of staff James Blair and SSA Commissioner Frank Bisignano told him the rumored regulation will not move forward.
- Turkish also met with OMB Director Russell Vought, who he says affirmed the same assurance during a West Wing meeting.
- A White House official told Axios it has not seen any such proposal and said President Trump remains committed to protecting Social Security.
- The shelved plan reportedly would have replaced decades-old occupational data and changed how age and education are weighed, which experts warned would reduce eligibility, especially for older workers.
- An Urban Institute estimate suggested that a 10% eligibility reduction could push about 500,000 people off SSDI over 10 years, while SSA’s separate job-data modernization with BLS is likely delayed but not canceled.