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On the recordSeptember 22, 2011
You have to have a disability that is going to keep you off the rolls for a year, that you are going to be unable to work for a year, or die.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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Explaining the strict criteria for qualifying for SSI benefits.

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