SSI (was Re: ?? that I was wondering if)

January 26, 2010

Yeah see this can get confusing. SSDI is not income based meaning that

you could be a millionaire but if you're disabled and you worked (and

paid taxes) for a period of time you can get SSDI disability payments

every month. SSI .. supplemental security income is disability payments

for people who are low income or their SSDI isn't enough to reach

" poverty cutoff " (in my case, i was so young I really hadn't worked much

yet so I got SSDI and SSI initially).

I heard about disabled children getting disability payments and when I

called they said that my daughter can't get anything ... no SSI because

my husband makes too much money. Sure doesn't feel like it since our

medical expenses are on our credit cards and the monthly payments have

us scrambling to get by every month.!!

Jen

seaglass278 wrote:

>

> I agree with Jen having had to get SSD for myself with an odd

> disability, odd being it didn't " fit into their little subsets " .

> The SSD dr they sent me to is there to discredit what your dr's

> have sent in, mine had sent in reams of information, and I saw

> this SSD dr for a total of 10 minutes!!! I ended up getting a

> social security attorney, and appealing with him, and winning it.

>

> I do know they'll deny the SSD as the children haven't " worked "

> before they can move one to SSI. If that is denied, I'd get an

> attorney and go from there. My friend is going thru this as her

> daughter is now 18, and unable to fend for herself.

> LJ

>

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