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Supplemental Security Income

American  

noun

  1. income provided by the U.S. government to needy aged, blind, and disabled persons. SSI


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This would better protect seniors from poverty, improve Social Security’s long-term finances and help eliminate the need for welfare programs like Supplemental Security Income.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

He reasons that a bipolar label might have been “the easiest application” to get them released with a diagnosis and therefore eligible for Supplemental Security Income.

From Slate Sep. 29, 2024

It also might have been Supplemental Security Income for some health problem he had.

From Seattle Times Dec. 28, 2023

The state of New York's Nutrition Improvement Project, for instance, automatically enrolls recipients of Supplemental Security Income who live alone into SNAP; and enables recipients to use their Medicaid benefit cards to access food stamps.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2023

That could require getting a new driver’s license and Social Security card, documenting income from general relief or Supplemental Security Income and proving legal residency and status as homeless.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2023

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