Disability...there are TWO different programs

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Just because you went to college does not mean you do not qualify for disability. There are TWO DIFFERENT Social Security programs..many keep trying to make them into one.

The first one is SSDI-social security disability...this is the one were if you have worked a minimum of so many quarters you qualify for money as well as medicare.

The second program is SSI- supplimental security income...this is given to anyone that applies and qualifies. In most states it comes with medicaid. This program is based on total family income and is purely income driven. This was designed as a catch net for those that did not work but were disabled. It also pays the lessor amount of benefits.

I know for a fat that my now 18 yo daughter has been in SSI off and on for many years due to genetic problem that has left her disabled. She has NEVER worked. In order for her to qualify out family income has to fit within certain guidelines.

Please check out www.ssa.gov for more info

Toni in Texas

message dated 9/19/2005 12:30:53 P.M. Central Daylight Time, Rheumatoid Arthritis writes:

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