Paul:  It wasn't very superficial at all.  First, these individuals' SSI was based on "mental illness."  I'm guessing you have some knowledge of how difficult it is to achieve eligibility for SSI.  It's a very long, arduous process and the individual must provide extensive evidence for approval.  Thus, an individual receiving it based on "mental illness" would have to have psychiatric history and statements from one (or more) psychitrist(s) attesting to the severity of the mental-illness.  Secondly, the "money manager" element is a REQUIREMENT imposed by the SS Administration for only the most severely mentally-ill.  This is a small, very disturbed group of individuals and the exclusion was actually very reasonable.

If we want to consider "superficial" status exclusions, let's address "felons."  Should a person convicted of tax evasion be just as excluded as someone convicted of armed robbery?  

The removal of the Obama Order was just a high-profile pandering to the gun lobby.   Gary