What to do when Social Security Disability Insurance won’t pay because doctors can’t diagnose your disease
Social Security disability benefits are available for people who have been working but become disabled and unable to work. If you are under 24 when you become disabled, you must have worked one and a half years during the three years before your disability began. For people over age 24, there must be a medical […]
How to determine what you’ll receive in Social Security Benefits
According to a report by the Insured Retirement Institute, a majority of baby boomer are either underprepared or worse unprepared for their retirement – means they have nothing to fall back on for retirement. This is where the Social Security comes in. Social Security Program is very important for the US senior citizens. From contributing […]
3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Claiming Social Security
The Social Security Administration, SSA provides Social Security benefits that make up the primary source of income for almost 63 million Americans each month as of June 2019. These Social Security benefits are calculated based on the amount of social security taxes filed on the 35 highest-paid years in the workforce. Many people wait until […]
How this event can lift Social Security’s COLA in 2020
More than 63 million Americans receive Social Security benefit checks each month. While most of these social security beneficiaries are retired workers, this makes up every 1 in 6 Americans who rely on this monthly social security benefit system. For many people receiving the benefits, this implies more than half of their monthly incomes. No […]
Applying for disability when guilty of a felony in past
Your benefits would not be denied if you were incarcerated in the past unless you committed a major crime and resulted in jail for more than 30 days. This means that your benefits would be stopped automatically on the 31st day of your being in jail, no matter how minor a crime you committed. However, […]
Social Security: Benefits for Multiple Sclerosis, MS
Multiple Sclerosis is a neurological disease that disrupts a person’s functioning due to deterioration of the myelin sheath near the nerves. It is an autoimmune disorder with varying symptoms for every affected person. Since the nerves are concentrated in the brain and spinal cord, the disease leads to various physical and neurodegenerative symptoms affecting a […]
Setting up a plan for work while on disability
If you are a disability beneficiary and want to go back to work, the SSA has a special ‘Plan’ for you. You can avail the Social Security Administration’s work incentives, such as PASS or the ‘Ticket to Work‘ program. Ticket to Work plan The ticket to work plan will let you work for a limited […]
Reporting disability and work changes to the Social Security Administration
The Social Security Administration grants social security disability through a rigorous process of determining disability eligibility. Also, in order for you to qualify for social security disability, you must not be earning an income equivalent to any amount under ‘substantial gainful activity, SGA‘. Although this may seem like a death trap, this rule is actually […]
Social security disability benefits for disabled immigrants
The Social Security Administration, SSA provides benefits to U.S. employees even if they are not native Americans. As long as you or an immigrant fulfills the mandatory qualifications for social security eligibility, they are good to go. You can qualify for social security even if you are not a U.S. citizen through your prior work […]
How to prove to the SSA that you can’t do work
The Social Security Disability claims are granted on very strict merits. These include fulfilling both medical and non-medical requirements. It is the responsibility of the SSA examiner to ensure that you are completely disabled, before granting you the Social Security Disability benefits. While analyzing your application for non-medical qualifications, the social security examiner will look […]