Stop the Wait Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37]
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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Analyzed Economic Effects
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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, Lloyd [D-TX-37]
TX • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]
AZ • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Barragan
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8]
VA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Bishop
GA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Bonamici
OR • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]
PA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
FL • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Castro (TX)
TX • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
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
Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6]
MD • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
CT • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
MI • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Escobar
TX • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Espaillat
NY • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]
NM • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6]
LA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Fletcher
TX • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]
ME • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
NY • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Grijalva
AZ • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
CT • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4]
OR • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
WA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Khanna
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]
PA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
MA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2]
RI • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
McBath
GA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
NY • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
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
Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Pingree
ME • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]
MD • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]
OR • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
PA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Schakowsky
IL • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Sherrill
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Soto
FL • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13]
OH • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Thompson (MS)
MS • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
NV • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
NY • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Trahan
MA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Turner (TX)
TX • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
TX • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
NY • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25]
FL • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
GA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Wilson (FL)
FL • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12]
NY • D
Sponsored 3/6/2025
Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]
KS • D
Sponsored 3/24/2025
Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32]
TX • D
Sponsored 3/25/2025
Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]
PA • D
Sponsored 4/28/2025
Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
MA • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Riley (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Rep. Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3]
OR • D
Sponsored 10/31/2025
Simon
CA • D
Sponsored 10/31/2025
Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
WI • D
Sponsored 2/2/2026
Grijalva
AZ • D
Sponsored 2/3/2026
Jackson (IL)
IL • D
Sponsored 4/9/2026
Roll Call Votes
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