Listen to Advocacy Matters: #AdvocacyMatters for July 3, 2018 ABLE Act Age Adjustment

We all celebrated the ABLE Act, which is also known as the Achieving a Better Life Experience Act, when it was signed into law in December of 2014. To remind your listeners, the ABLE Act amended a section of the IRS code to allow certain persons with disabilities to save money tax free to cover disability-related expenses. In addition, these resources are not taken into consideration when determining eligibility for Supplemental Social Security and Medicaid.

Each week, DRP CEO Peri Jude Radecic will appear on Disability Matters with Host Joyce Bender, about halfway through the show, to discuss a topic of importance to the rights of individuals with disabilities.

Listen to Advocacy Matters for July 3, 2018.

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Relevant links

* Sign On Letter for ABLE Act Age Adjustment
https://www.thearc.org/what-we-do/public-policy/issues/able-program-implementation

* https://choosework.ssa.gov/blog/2016-12-19-getting-to-know-the-able-act

* https://www.paable.gov/

* HR 1874 –
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1874?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22HR+1874%22%5D%7D&r=1

* S 817 –
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/817?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22S+817%22%5D%7D&r=1