Supreme Court Decision May Hurt Puerto Rico Residents Who Need Access to Federal Disability Program, Expert Says
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Efforts to expand Supplemental Security Income benefits to U.S. territories suffered a setback on Thursday.
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the only dissenter, said “there is no rational basis” to deny federal benefits to disabled U.S. citizens living in Puerto Rico.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Congress can exclude residents of Puerto Rico from a federal program that aids low-income elderly and disabled people.
The Supreme Court rejected a bid by U.S. residents living in Puerto Rico to claim benefits under a federal insurance program in the case United States v. Vaello Madero.
