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Xavier Becerra: “SSDI is not SSI that some people hear about. SSI is Supplemental Security Income, which is an income for low-income…”

On the recordJuly 8, 2015
SSDI is not SSI that some people hear about. SSI is Supplemental Security Income, which is an income for low-income Americans that you get, not because you worked and paid into it, but because you are low-income.
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Xavier Becerra
Democratic · California

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Becerra clarifies the distinction between SSDI and SSI for better public understanding.

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