i do want to comment a little bit on david stapleton's proposal. i'm sure you're not surprised, david. and go into a little bit of what was not covered in the slides, but in more detail in his written proposal. david has actually proposed that there be a program that includes a disability allowance that as i read it would be a bit less than what is currently an income benefit under current law. my question is since the benefits under current law are already so low, what in the world are beneficiaries intended to live on? how are they going to cover basic income needs for food and shelter? it's also -- the program also seems to call for benefits and spending them in another way. not necessarily for food and shelter and serving more people in the same program. and i have very, very serious concerns about what this means. the proposal does not seem to guarantee health insurance except for people in one category out of three categories. it's very unclear where the money would come from for the other folks to purchase their own insurance on the open mar

i do want to comment on david stapleton's proposal. i am sure you are not surprised. and go into a little of what was not covered in slides but in more detail in his written proposal. david has proposed that there be a program that includes disability allowance, as i read it would be a bit less than what is currently income benefits under current law. since the benefits under current whar are already so low, what in the world are beneficiaries to live on? how will they cover basic income needs of food and shelter? the program also calls for reducing benefits and spending them in another way. not necessarily for food and shelter and serving more people in the same program. the proposal does not guarantee health insurance except for people in one category out of three categories. very unclear where the money would come from for other folks to purchase their own insurance on the open market and when you talk about people who are very financially vulnerable and questions of affordability, that is a big issue. there are a group of people deemed to be -- to have low work cap

i do want to comment a little bit on david stapleton's proposal.i'm sure you're not surprised, david. and go into a little bit of what was not covered in the slides, but in more detail in his written proposal. david has actually proposed that there be a program that includes a disability allowance, that as i read it would be a bit less than what is currently an income benefit under current law. and my question is, since the benefits under current law are already so low, what in the world are beneficiaries intended to live on? how are they going to cover their basic income needs for food and shelter? it's also -- the program also seems to call for reducing these benefits and spending them in another way, not necessarily for food and shelter. and serving more people in the same program. and i have very, very serious concerns about what this means. um, the proposal does not seem to guarantee health insurance except for people in one category out of three categories. it's very unclear where the money would come from for the other folks to purchase thei