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Article: SEN. BROWN BILL WOULD HELP TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS GET SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 12, 2007
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The office of Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, has issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today introduced new legislation to waive the five-month waiting period in the Social Security disability (SSD) program for terminally ill patients. The Arthur Woolweaver, Jr. Social Security Improvements for the Terminally Ill Act was named for a local Cuyahoga Falls man who passed away on June 12 from cancer without receiving his disability payments.
"What happened to Mr. Woolweaver should never happen again," Brown said. "Nothing should prevent someone from receiving benefits. Mr. Woolweaver worked diligently his whole life. We honor him by fixing this system."
"My husband ...