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Encourage Initiative and Promote Self-Esteem Act of 2008
To amend titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act to provide for equitable treatment of disability beneficiaries with waxing and waning medical conditions by establishing, through the implementation of a sliding scale of benefits based on income, a system under which higher incomes result in lower benefits and lower incomes result in higher benefits, and work is incentivized by allowing greater total monthly income when working than could be provided by work or benefits alone.
Other Bill Titles (2 more) 7/10/2008--Introduced.
Encourage Initiative and Promote Self-Esteem Act of 2008 - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to establish special rules for benefits based on waxing and waning ... moreSee Full Bill Text
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| Introduced |  | Voted on by House | | Voted on by Senate | | Considered By President | | Bill Becomes Law |
| July 10, 2008 |
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July 14, 2008 HR 6457: To amend titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act to ...
Sponsor: Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA Status: Introduced Jul 10, 2008 To amend titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act to provide for equitable treatment of disability beneficiaries with waxing and waning medical conditions by ...
Source: Aging and Disability in America
July 09, 2008 HR 6457, The Encourage Initiative and Promote Self-Esteem Act of 2008
HR 6457 would amend titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act to provide for equitable treatment of disability beneficiaries with waxing and waning medical conditions by establishing, through the implementation of a sliding scale of ...
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The benefit should be based on average income. The beneficiaries should get the average income, the disability is not their fault and they should be able to live the same life as everyone else.
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