The Disability Belt

Today, Explained

• Episode: The Disability Belt
• Website: Today, Explained
• Feed URL: https://rss.art19.com/today-explained
• Duration: 00:19:53
• Published: 2018-03-08 20:57

Out of the ten counties with the most adults on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), nine voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump. But in the president’s new budget, he’s calling for $72 billion in cuts to the program over the next ten years. It's a “thin piece of duct tape that’s keeping everything together,” according to Vox’s Dylan Matthews, who traveled to Tennessee to talk to people on SSDI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices