Stop the Wait Act of 2025
Official title: To amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the disability insurance benefits waiting period for individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.
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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.
Stop the Wait Act of 2025
This bill phases out the initial waiting period for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits and eliminates the waiting period for certain disabled individuals to become eligible for Medicare.
Under current law, individuals generally must wait five months after the onset of disability to begin receiving SSDI benefits. The bill would gradually reduce this waiting period before eliminating it entirely in the year 2030.
Further, the bill would eliminate the 24-month waiting period for certain disabled workers and other individuals to become eligible for Medicare. Under current law, individuals under the age of 65 may generally enroll in Medicare after they have been eligible for SSDI or Social Security child’s, widow’s, or widower’s benefits by reason of disability for 24 months. The bill would eliminate this waiting period for individuals for whom the annual cost of certain medical insurance would exceed a specified percentage of their household income (i.e., those who cannot afford minimum essential coverage). Medicare eligibility for these individuals must be available retroactively to the first month that an individual qualified for SSDI or Social Security child’s, widow’s, or widower’s benefits by reason of disability.
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- 162 STRATEGIES
- NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
- PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
- PORT SIDE STRATEGIES, LLC
- NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME CONGRESS
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- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Social Security Administration (SSA)
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Education, Dept of
- Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 930: Stop the Wait Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-930/
"H.R. 930: Stop the Wait Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-930/.
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