Thanks for bringing this up, as I keep forgetting about it. And I am very concerned, as I depend on SSDI. I would find some consolation in the following possibilities: For people like me - living totally on SSDI checks at the lower to middle end of the range in check size: If my SSDI check were cut, then my Section 8 Voucher subsidy would go up and my food stamp allowance would go up. Despite extra help in these areas my overall standard of living would go down. My rent wouldn't change, thanks to HUD, but I probably would eat less well and have less of everything else.

As mentioned above by ChipperMonkey, some people would get enough in SSI to compensate them for what they lose in SSDI. So it wouldn't save the government as much as one might think. It would mainly reduce outflows from the Disability Income Fund, if disability checks were cut 20%.

I will now have a much greater interest in Hillary's candidacy.