HR 930 · in committee · significant

Stop the Wait Act of 2025

What this bill does

This bill gradually eliminates the five-month waiting period for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, completing the phase-out by 2030.
Disabled workers and their families who qualify for Social Security benefits are affected, along with those unable to afford health insurance.
The bill removes the 24-month Medicare waiting period for disabled individuals whose medical costs exceed a set percentage of household income.

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Community Threads

Started by Cosponsor

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How would eliminating the five-month waiting period affect disabled workers' ability to cover basic expenses while transitioning to benefits?
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What are the fiscal implications for Social Security and Medicare if these waiting periods are removed before 2030?
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Should the Medicare waiting period exemption be based on medical costs as a percentage of income, or should other criteria determine eligibility?

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Sponsor · D-TX-37

Lloyd Doggett

Citizen cosponsors

In Congress

84/ 435

House Reps cosponsoring

Introduced 2025-02-04

Joining the bill

+ 72 more

Legislative timeline

2025-02-04 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-02-04 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-02-04 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-02-04 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House

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