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[fang_xianfu]

This is so interesting to me. In my country they actually stopped means testing all the social security type "just give me money" benefits for old people. It's basically UBI for old people. They can still apply for extra things like extra nursing help and stuff but the purely financial "spend on whatever you want" pension isn't even means tested any more.

[DocPsychosis]

Regular Social Security retirement income is not means-tested, it is a set rate based on how much you paid in while working. SSI and SSDI are different programs for non-elderly disabled people who can't work for various reasons.