Sixty years ago, in August of 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Social Security Disability (SSDI) program into law, with the hopes that it would advance the economic security of the American people. Since the law began, SSDI has provided workers with disabilities the necessary protection to keep their families afloat. Although public polls […]
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