Under a new bill proposed in the U.S. Senate, the amount of money that a Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipient can save without losing access to their benefits would rise from the current $2000.00 to $10,000.00.  The bill also proposes eliminating restrictions that disallow friends and family of SSI recipients from providing additional support to those receiving SSI benefits.   This would encourage SSI recipients to save additional money and for friends and families to assist SSI recipients with living expenses.

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