Joseph Shapiro

It takes $1 for every $2 they earn. So, in effect, that's a tax of 50% on some of the poorest people in America.

It takes $1 for every $2 they earn. So, in effect, that's a tax of 50% on some of the poorest people in America.

Right. It's totally out of date. Ayesha, I want to tell you about someone else I met on SSI. Tabby Haley. She has spinal muscular atrophy, which weakens her muscles and her lungs.

Right. It's totally out of date. Ayesha, I want to tell you about someone else I met on SSI. Tabby Haley. She has spinal muscular atrophy, which weakens her muscles and her lungs.

Right. It's totally out of date. Ayesha, I want to tell you about someone else I met on SSI. Tabby Haley. She has spinal muscular atrophy, which weakens her muscles and her lungs.

She's 40. Medical breakthroughs, new medicines make a longer life possible.

She's 40. Medical breakthroughs, new medicines make a longer life possible.

She's 40. Medical breakthroughs, new medicines make a longer life possible.

Work. It's central to Tabby Haley's identity. Haley is a software engineer, a team leader on development and coding projects. She was a vice president at JPMorgan Chase, the financial services company.

Work. It's central to Tabby Haley's identity. Haley is a software engineer, a team leader on development and coding projects. She was a vice president at JPMorgan Chase, the financial services company.

Work. It's central to Tabby Haley's identity. Haley is a software engineer, a team leader on development and coding projects. She was a vice president at JPMorgan Chase, the financial services company.

Right. Well, she's one of a very, very small number of people who are on SSI but also make too much money to get a monthly benefit check. So she doesn't get a check, but she needs to stay eligible for SSI in order to keep her Medicaid coverage. So when Tabby Haley first started working, SSI gave her a waiver. It set aside her earnings from the asset limit and with her income,

Right. Well, she's one of a very, very small number of people who are on SSI but also make too much money to get a monthly benefit check. So she doesn't get a check, but she needs to stay eligible for SSI in order to keep her Medicaid coverage. So when Tabby Haley first started working, SSI gave her a waiver. It set aside her earnings from the asset limit and with her income,

Right. Well, she's one of a very, very small number of people who are on SSI but also make too much money to get a monthly benefit check. So she doesn't get a check, but she needs to stay eligible for SSI in order to keep her Medicaid coverage. So when Tabby Haley first started working, SSI gave her a waiver. It set aside her earnings from the asset limit and with her income,

She pays income tax just like everyone else.

She pays income tax just like everyone else.

She pays income tax just like everyone else.

Right. Medicaid is the only insurance that will work for her. It's the only health insurance that pays for the things she needs. Haley can't move her body. She depends upon aides to assist her day and night to help her move her arms and legs, to bathe, to get dressed, to eat.

Right. Medicaid is the only insurance that will work for her. It's the only health insurance that pays for the things she needs. Haley can't move her body. She depends upon aides to assist her day and night to help her move her arms and legs, to bathe, to get dressed, to eat.

Right. Medicaid is the only insurance that will work for her. It's the only health insurance that pays for the things she needs. Haley can't move her body. She depends upon aides to assist her day and night to help her move her arms and legs, to bathe, to get dressed, to eat.