Stop the Wait Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Doggett
Introduced
Summary
Eliminates the long Social Security Disability Insurance waiting period so people with new disabilities can get benefits sooner. The bill phases the change from 2025 to 2029 and fully removes the waiting period for applications filed in 2029, with the new rule effective January 1, 2030.
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- People applying for SSDI: Applications filed in 2025–2027 face a shortened waiting time of 3 months, 2028 applications see 2 months, and 2029 applications see 1 month before full elimination for later filings. This reduces the time between a disabling event and first benefit payments.
- People under 65 who need Medicare during the transition: New rules let eligible individuals get Medicare Part A earlier and retroactively. The bill creates a Special Enrollment Period and starts Part A coverage as of the first day of the first month of entitlement for those who meet the modified rules, and it includes a seven-month enrollment window for some people.
- Workers with specific coverage rules and Railroad Retirement beneficiaries: The bill ties an affordability test to an 8.5 percent threshold to define who is eligible for the Medicare accommodation and updates cross-references in the Railroad Retirement Act to keep benefit coordination consistent.
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Earlier Medicare for some disabled adults
Certain disabled adults under 65 could get Medicare Part A without waiting 24 months. If you are entitled to SSDI and meet an affordability test like the tax rule, set at 8.5% of income, your Medicare would start in your first month and be retroactive to that month. Your initial enrollment period would start that first month. People already entitled to Part A for less than 24 months at enactment would get a special window that starts the month after enactment and lasts seven months. These changes would take effect upon enactment.
Faster SSDI checks with no wait
This bill would shorten and then remove the SSDI waiting period. SSDI checks would start in the first month you are entitled, instead of after a wait. For applications filed in 2025–2027, the wait would drop to three months; in 2028 it would be two months; in 2029 it would be one month. These phase-down rules would apply to applications filed after enactment. Full elimination would take effect January 1, 2030 and would apply to applications filed on or after January 1, 2029.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Doggett
TX • D
Cosponsors
Fitzpatrick
PA • R
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Ansari
AZ • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Barragan
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Beyer
VA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Bishop
GA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Bonamici
OR • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Boyle (PA)
PA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Brownley
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Casar
TX • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Castor (FL)
FL • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Castro (TX)
TX • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Chu
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Cleaver
MO • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Crockett
TX • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Crow
CO • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Davis (IL)
IL • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
McClain Delaney
MD • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
DeLauro
CT • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Dingell
MI • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Escobar
TX • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Espaillat
NY • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Leger Fernandez
NM • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Fields
LA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Fletcher
TX • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Garamendi
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Garcia (IL)
IL • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Garcia (TX)
TX • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Golden (ME)
ME • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Goldman (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Gottheimer
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Green, Al (TX)
TX • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Grijalva
AZ • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Hayes
CT • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Hoyle (OR)
OR • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Jayapal
WA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Khanna
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Lee (PA)
PA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Lynch
MA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Magaziner
RI • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
McBath
GA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Meng
NY • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Moore (WI)
WI • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Norcross
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Ocasio-Cortez
NY • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Panetta
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Pingree
ME • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Ramirez
IL • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Raskin
MD • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Salinas
OR • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Sanchez
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Scanlon
PA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Schakowsky
IL • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Sherman
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Sherrill
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Soto
FL • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Sykes
OH • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Takano
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Thompson (MS)
MS • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Titus
NV • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Tonko
NY • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Trahan
MA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Turner (TX)
TX • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Veasey
TX • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Velazquez
NY • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Wasserman Schultz
FL • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Waters
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Watson Coleman
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Williams (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Wilson (FL)
FL • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Nadler
NY • D
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Davids (KS)
KS • D
Sponsored 3/24/2025
Johnson (TX)
TX • D
Sponsored 3/25/2025
Evans (PA)
PA • D
Sponsored 4/28/2025
Pressley
MA • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Riley (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Dexter
OR • D
Sponsored 10/31/2025
Simon
CA • D
Sponsored 10/31/2025
Pocan
WI • D
Sponsored 2/2/2026
Grijalva
AZ • D
Sponsored 2/3/2026
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