Among other factors, the Social Security Administration considers an applicant’s age when they apply for disability benefits, with applicants older than 50 usually having a better chance of qualifying. But officials are now considering eliminating age as a factor or raising it to 60. In an interview with The Washington Post, Jack Smalligan, a senior fellow and tax policy expert at the Urban Institute, spoke about the implications of this potential change. “The criteria already is really tight enough that we’re actually restricting some people we probably should allow,” he said. 

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