This will minimize disputes. And the Social Security statute may work well here. We should also find a way to create an administrative claims process to resolve disputes initially without resorting to the courts. And my final point is that I think we need to rely on federal law as much as possible. Using state law is just asking for trouble.
People live in different states.
There's always a question about what law should apply and when it should apply. Rights to Social Security benefits should be the same no matter where people live. Social Security is a mandatory, almost universal, federal program, and I think that is an important principle to uphold. The first time frame is our starting point, and here's one of our big problems. We're starting in a double hole, as Rudy Penner pointed out.