Today, SSI’s max benefit is just under $1,000/month for an individual—below the poverty line.

Asset limits are stuck at $2,000 ($3,000 for couples). Income rules haven’t been meaningfully updated in decades. The system keeps people financially fragile by design.

March 03, 2026 - 14:25 UTC

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The proposed SSI Restoration Act would:

• Raise benefits to the poverty line
• Update asset & income limits
• End marriage penalties

Using microsimulation, we estimate the result: SSI household poverty falls by nearly 60%.
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Additionally, deep poverty among SSI recipients would be nearly eliminated. The reforms would cost about $60B/year—about the cost of a single tax provision in last year’s reconciliation bill.

Read the fact sheet:
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