Although former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s disability proposal is not as comprehensive as the policies rolled out by primary competitors Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren, it does detail countless gains.
The Biden plan, released on May 28, covers health care, education, transportation, civil rights, criminal justice, home and community-based services, and long-term services and supports, among other topics.
For everything positive about his proposal, Biden’s promise to reinstate an Obama-era rule overturned by Congress in 2017 depriving mentally ill people with payees under the Social Security Administration of their gun rights — and potentially many other liberties — may make disabled people think twice about voting for him.
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