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What is the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program and
how can I apply?
- What you need to know when you get SSI Publication # 110111
- More than you ever wanted to know on SSI Understanding SSI Publication # 17-008 120 pages
- What You Need to Know When You Get Social Security Disability Benefits #10153
- Disability Benefits #10029
- 1 hour webinar on SSI Basics from National Center on Law & Elder Benefits
- Social Security Website Publications
- WHAT DOES “DISABLED” MEAN FOR AN ADULT?
- If you are age 18 or older we may consider you “disabled” if you have a medically determinable physical or mental impairment (including an emotional or learning problem) which:
- results in the inability to do any substantial gainful activity; and
- can be expected to result in death; or
- has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.
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WHAT IS SUBSTANTIAL GAINFUL ACTIVITY (SGA)?
We use the term substantial gainful activity (SGA) to describe a level of work activity and earnings that is both substantial and gainful. SGA involves performance of significant physical or mental activities, or a combination of both. For your work activity to be substantial you do not need to work full time. Work activity performed on a part-time basis may also be SGA. If your impairment is anything other than blindness, earnings averaging over $1,070 a month (for the year 2014) generally demonstrate SGA.
Gainful work activity is:
work performed for pay or profit, or
work of a nature generally performed for pay or profit; or
work intended for profit, whether or not a profit is realized.
- Is SSI Title XVI?
- Resource & Income Limits
- August 2021 COVID changes
- SSI Home Page – Table of Contents on Social Security Website
- Medicaid – Medi-Cal is generally automatic.
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Basics.
webcast— download the slides here, read the Chapter Summary here, or view the recording here.
Here are additional NCLER resources that you may find helpful:
- Legal Basics: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Deeming
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Deeming
- Supplemental Security Income: In-Kind Support and Maintenance
- Access to Public Benefits for Older Immigrants
- Advanced Training: SSI Overpayment: Walk Through a Case
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for Older Adults: Post Eligibility Tips
- SSI Resource Transfer Penalty
- Social Security Reconsideration Appeals
- IRS Sends Second Round of Stimulus Payments
- More NCLER Economic Security Trainings
You can find additional training materials on the NCLER Website.
FAQ’s
- How much does SSI pay in monthly benefits? CA Assisted Living
- What counts as assets and/or resources?
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California Corona Virus Response
- Get the latest information on COVID-19 including county data, stay at home order updates and essential resources at https://covid19.ca.gov
- Emergency food and food benefits Get help buying groceries with the NEW Pandemic EBT (or P-EBT) card: With schools closed due to COVID-19, children who are eligible for free or reduced-price meals can get up to $365 in food benefits. Families with children who are eligible for free or reduced-price meals AND do not participate in CalFresh, Medi-Cal, or Foster Care can apply starting May 22nd – June 30th. For more informationhttps://ca.p-ebt.org or : www.cdss.ca.gov/home/pandemic-ebt.
- California began allowing online food purchasing with EBT benefits! You may use your EBT card on Amazon and/or Walmart to purchase groceries. More retailers to be added in the future. For more information https://www.cdss.ca.gov/ebt-online
Family Services
- Childcare for essential workers: New portal enables parents to enter their location and the type of care needed, instantly receiving a list of local center-based and family childcare programs. Available at covid19.ca.gov/childcare
- The “Meals for Kids” interactive map directs people to local sites where kids can get free meals. The map is available in both English and Spanish at www.fns.usda.gov/meals4kids.
24/7 Hotlines
Dial 2-1-1 from a cell phone or landline to get connected to local resources, it will ask for zip code and give a list of options.
Dial 988 for Mental Health Emergencies starting July 2022 Calif Health Line 1.2021 *
Representative #Payee
- Gets your Social Security check and manages the money $$$
- ssa.gov/payee Home Page
- Social Security’s Representative Payment Program provides benefit payment management for our beneficiaries who are incapable of managing their Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments.
- We appoint a suitable representative payee (payee) who manages the payments on behalf of the beneficiaries. Generally, we look for family or friends to serve as payees. When friends or family members are not able to serve as payees, we look for qualified organizations
- FAQ’s for Representative Payee
- #Social Security Disability Benefits Publication # 10029
- SSI Introduction Publication # 5-11000
- More than you ever wanted to know on SSI
Understanding SSI Publication # 17-008 120 pages - SSI in CA #11125
- Benefits for #Children with Disabilities # 10026
- Our webpage on SSI & SSDI Social Security Disability Income.
6 Steps to apply for Social Security #Disability
- Video 6 steps to apply
- ssa.gov/benefits/ssi/start
- SSI Child Disability Starter Kit (for children under age 18)
- Adult Disability Starter Kit(for children age 18 or older)
- What you need to know to get Social Secuirty Disabiltiy Benefits # 10153
- Disability Benefits # 10029
- How Social Security decides if you are still disabled # 10053
#Attorney 's that can help you through the Social Security Disability maze
- west coast disability.com/
- CA State Bar Attorney Referral Service
- Legal Match.com
- Sellers Law
- Hill & Ponton
- premier disability.com
- Cantrell & Green
- We don't necessarily know these attorney's...
- Editorial: Lawyers are fighting innovative proposals for more affordable legal assistance. That’s wrong LA Times 1.30.2022
- We don't necessarily know these attorney's...
SSI #Resources & Income Limits
The Aged & Disabled Medi-Cal program uses SSI countable income rules as well as a few extra rules you should know. For more information, visit our webpages on the SSI & Medi Cal programs, and follow the various links on this page
- Medi-Cal section of the
- Countable resources are the things you own that count toward the resource limit. Many things you own do not count.
FLASH!!!
July 1, 2022, California will raise the asset limit in the Medi-Cal programs serving older adults and people with disabilities to $130,000 for an individual and $65,000 for each additional family member.
no sooner than January 1, 2024, the state will eliminate the asset test completely. CA Health Care Advocates *
Have less than $2,000 in Countable assets for an individual ($3,000 for a couple).- Medi-Cal property limitations.
- asset questionnaire
- CANHR simpler list
- CANHR Fact Sheet
- Understanding Medi-Cal’s Asset Test for Seniors and People With Disabilities
- Western Poverty Law
- Nolo - SSI Income & Asset Limits
- Income SSA.Gov
- Will my settlement affect my government benefits? VIDEO
- dhcs.ca.gov/Asset-Limit-Changes-for-Non-MAGI-Medi-Cal
- california healthline.org/sset-test-elimination
- FAQ's
- Our webpage on SSI Resources & Income
- Have less than $1,271 - 123% of FPL in countable monthly income for an individual ($1,719 for a couple). ca health advocates.org ADFPL * AB 715 Fact Sheet * Western Poverty Law *
- Share of Cost if income is too high, but you qualify on asset test?
Have Medi Cal pay Medicare Part B $170 Premium #Costs # 10126
Medi Cal * Part B Outpatient Premium Forgiveness
- Medicare.Gov MSP Medicare Savings Programs
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- CA Department of Aging 1-800-434-0222 -
- health care rights.org Serving Los Angeles County
- dpss.lacounty.gov/savings
- Disability Benefits 101
- National Council on Aging MSP
- MSP Medicare Savings Plan CA Health Care Advocates
- khn.org/billions-of-dollars-in-benefits-go-unused
Is Medi-Cal #automatic linked for SSI – Supplemental Security Benefit beneficiaries – recipients?
***Yes, according to
- Nolo.com *
- Disabilty Secrets.com *
- CA Health Care Advocates *
- Western Poverty Law Center
- See our webpage on DAC Disabled Adult Children & Pickle Amendment
- Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) and Medicaid – Medi-Cal are needs-based programs.
Many individuals receive SSI due to poverty (over 65) and others receive SSI due to disability.
Visit our webpage on Medicaid Medi-Cal benefits which can cover items like prescription medication, transportation, and home-based care and dental.
What if you are claimed as a dependent on someone else’s taxes?
See Table of Contents on SSI Home Page
See our page on definition of household.
Links & Resources
Disability Benefits 101 on SDI * SSI *
Our webpage on
- Our webpage on DAC Disabled Adult Child Program
- SSI in CA Factsheet
FAQ’s “SSI – Medi-Cal automatic qualification”
- i lost my medical [Medi-Cal] card that i got with my ssi how do i get a new card?
- See prior FAQ
- Did Medi Cal assign you to a private insurance company? Then you would check their website.
- My brother and sister-in-law are on Medi-Cal… Can they both get SSI…they have no other income except SS?
- I don’t quite understand your question. If they are disabled and qualify for SSI, then Medi-Cal is automatic.
- What do you mean by SS income? Please be specific.
- Maybe you are asking if SSI has income limits, as opposed to Medi-Cal. See the links & brochures on this page.
- I am a menifee ca resident receiving ssi.. when my wife receive her ssi this jan 2020, i now received a letter informing me my medi-cal will be stopped jan 31, 2020.. .. why is this ?
- My guess would be that you are over the MAGI Income Limit 138% for Medi Cal.
- Do you qualify for an exemption under the Pickle Amendment?
- Please send us a copy of the letter and your latest tax return. We are prohibiting from accepting hearsay evidence.
- I went from SSI TO SSDI as a disabled adult child or whatever its called i was disabled before 22 years old. i got ssi at 20 my dad retired fully last December – next thing you know they moved me from SSI TO SSDI
- It’s my understanding that SSDI is a better program to be on than SSI, mainly that it pays more income. While SSI provides automatic enrollment in Medi-Cal, SSDI gives you automatic enrollment into Medicare, after 2 years. Check our Medi-Cal eligibility pages, Western Poverty Law, the Guide to Medi-Cal Programs and our resources page.
- What about this document on the pickle amendment on the SCDD State Council on Disability Website?
- See our write up on the Pickle Program
#My Medi-Cal
How to get the Health Care
You Need
24 pages
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- Medi Cal Explained CHCF
- More explanation
- California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) is a long-term commitment to transform and strengthen Medi-Cal, offering Californians a more equitable, coordinated, and person-centered approach to maximizing their health and life trajectory.
- Medi Cal Contact Information
- Our Webpages on
- Medi Cal Benefits
- Denti Cal
- Medi-Cal – MAGI Income Eligibility Criteria
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BIC Benefits Identification Card
SSDI
Social Security Disability Insurance #SSDI
The Social Security disability program SSDI for an average family is equivalent to a private disability insurance policy worth over $233,000. Social Security pays benefits to people who cannot work because they have a medical condition that is expected to last at least one year or result in death. (ssa.gov #10029)
Once you have received Disability benefits for two years you will automatically be covered under Medicare Parts A & B ssa.gov # 10029 * (there is a $170 premium for Part B – If you are low income there may be ways to get that paid for you) and we can then help you enroll in a
If you’re interested in Medicare Advantage Plan (NO PREMIUM!), Part D Rx and Medicare Supplemental Medi-Gap Plans visit those webpages and contact us be sure to contact us RIGHT away, as there are deadlines!
Resources, Links & Bibliography
“Social Security Disability – SSDI”
FAQ’s
- I was disabled as a #child, before age 22 and have nothing or very little in work credits. Can I get SSDI and then Medicare based on my parents or grandparents earnings?
- Childhood Disability Benefits (CDB) — SSDI for “adults disabled since childhood,”
- alllaw.com/nolo/social-security-benefits-disabled-adult-child
- medicare interactive.org/medicare-eligibility-for-disabled-youths
- Childhood Disability Benefits DB 101
- If you get CDB, you can also get health coverage through Medicare after a 24-month waiting period. To learn more, talk to an attorney or follow the links on this page
- To be eligible for CDB, one of your parents must:Be getting SSDI benefits or Social Security retirement benefits (RSDI), or
Have died and worked long enough under Social Security to qualify you for CDB. - Benefits for Children with Disabilities # 10026
- Childhood Disability Benefits (CDB) — SSDI for “adults disabled since childhood,”
- I am gathering info for a friend who is late 30’s and is experiencing severe medical symptoms. He is seeing a neurologist and currently undergoing tests. At worst its ALS, at best MS. I have some questions referring to SSDI, SDI and unemployment and if those benefits are taxable income.
- Everything I know about SSDI is on this page, SDI and unemployment is on my website. I’m in the business of enrolling people in health insurance plans, life insurance, long term care, etc.
- Here’s other pages that might be relevant…
- Medi Cal Eligibility
- Covered CA Quotes
- Medicare after two years on SSDI
- Medi Cal In Home Supportive Services
- Covered CA Income Chart… If income under say $18k it’s Medi Cal, NOT Covered CA
- Why we FEAR friends and parents asking for “help” for competent adults. We’ve had competent adults accuse us of fraud, greed or misleading them for not putting them in Medi Cal! Example 1 * Example 2 *
- I’m 66 on sick leave and not retired yet. Can I qualify for SSDI. I don’t want to start regular Social Security until I’m 67 in February 2020
- SSDI benefits convert from Social Security Disability benefits to Social Security Retirement benefits once you reach retirement age. 1943 through 1954 – 66 years disability-benefits-help.org/disability-benefits-switch-retirement-65
- Do you meet the medical and disability criteria? ssa.gov/disability/step4and5
- Try this questionnaire ssa best.benefits.gov/
- Processing an application for disability benefits can take three to five months. ssa.gov/10029
- Due to a disabling work accident, I retired at age 60 in 2015 and started receiving Social Security Disability benefits. I thought the MPIPHP pension/health plan included a prescription plan, making Medicare Part D unnecessary. However, my most recent SSDI 1099 indicates $403 was deducted for Part D. Before I spend a few days on hold with SSI, can you please set me straight?
- After two years on SSDI, one gets Medicare, are you getting parts A Hospital & B doctor visits? ssa.gov/10029
- If you receive SSDI, you will have to pay for Medicare premiums in most cases. The fact you were approved for SSDI makes you eligible for Medicare earlier than you otherwise would be (at age 65), but it doesn’t pay your premiums. disabilitysecrets.com/if-you-get-disability-do-you-have-pay-medicare
- Check out Medicare Savings Programs or Medi Cal if you need help paying premiums.
- What is your annual income?
- Check out our pages on Medicare Advantage Plans that include part D, Rx and generally zero premiums.
- I am “Retired with Disability” from CalStrs I also have enough quarters in to get some social security. Since I am disabled, can I get SSDI and then Medicare insurance? I am 58-yrs old.
- Yes, it appears that you can get SSDI in addition to your CalStrs retirement. However, there is a limit of 80% of your average current earnings. See excerpt from Nolo Guide to Social Security Disability. For more detail and explanation. It’s quite complicated. Check out the attorney’s we have listed above.
- Yes, it does appear that if you do get SSDI, you will have Medicare after 2 years from when you were entitled to it.
- Let use know if you want to check out Medicare Advantage plans.
#Understanding Medicare Advantage Plans (PDF) #12026
Insurance Companies get a fee from the Federal Government, when you enroll in an MAPD plan. MAPD Plans must cover all A & B services Medicare.Gov *
That's why the premium is very low or ZERO!
- Set a phone or Skype Meeting
- We can now do SOC Scope of Appointment, before the Meeting via a 3 minute recorded meeting 2 days before. AHIP Training Module 4 Page 14 *
- #Intake Form - We can better prepare for the meeting
- HMO - Narrow Networks?
- Do I just sign up with a Medicare Advantage Company and automatically get * Parts A & B or do I have to get those from Medicare.Gov * VIDEO
- Get Quotes, Full Information and Enroll
- MANDATED wording!: Think Advisor * ‘‘We do not offer every plan available in your area. Any information we provide is limited to those plans we do offer in your area. Please contact Medicare.gov or 1–800–MEDICARE to get information on all of your options.’’
- We disagree with the above wording, as we can use the same tools on Medicare.gov as they do!
- FYI a 4.27.2022 HHS Office of the Inspector General report found that MAPD plans denied 13% of prior authorizations that would have been covered under original Medicare (Conversely, Medi Gap, just follows what Medicare pays.)
- 88% of MAPD enrollees are happy
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MAPD plans often include Dental & Part D - Rx Prescriptions and often have NO premiums! How is that possible? The Federal Government pays them around $700/month to handle your medical care. You must continue to pay your Medicare Part B premium of about $170/month. It's best to apply when you turn 65 for the supplement plans or advantage plans, as that's the main "Open Enrollment" period, guaranteed issue for any plan.
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Medicare Advantage Plans also have an annual open enrollment now known as AEP Annual Election Period October 7 to December 15th.
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Additional Coverage is important as Medical Bills are increasing Seniors Credit Card Debt or leading to possible bankruptcy?
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Coverage for Travel - $50k Emergency under Medicare Medi Gap or MAPD Advantage may not be enough!
HOW DOES DEEMING – Considering Parents Income WORK FOR A CHILD?
The term deeming means – identifies the process of considering another person’s income and resources to be available for meeting an SSI claimant’s (or recipient’s) basic needs of food and shelter. SSA.gov *
If a child is under age 18, not married, and lives at home with parent(s) who do not receive SSI benefits, we may consider a portion of the parents’ income and resources as if they were available to the child. We may also count a portion of a stepparent’s income and resources if the child lives with both a parent and a stepparent (or an adoptive parent and a stepparent). We also do this when a child is temporarily away at school, returns home during weekends, holidays or during the summer and remains subject to parental control.
We make deductions from deemed income for parents and for other children living in the home. After we subtract these deductions, we use the remaining amount to decide if the child meets the SSI income and resource requirements for a monthly benefit.
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For more information, see the SSI Spotlight on Deeming Parental Income and Resources. |
WHEN DOES DEEMING NOT APPLY?
Deeming from the parent stops when a child attains age 18, marries, or no longer lives with a parent. Deeming does not apply, and we may pay up to $30 plus the applicable State supplement when:
a disabled child receives a reduced SSI benefit while in a medical treatment facility; and
the child is eligible for Medicaid under a State home care plan; and
deeming would otherwise cause ineligibility for SSI benefits.
Also, we do not consider the income of a parent for deeming purposes if the parent receives a Public Income Maintenance payment (PIM) such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and his or her other income was used to compute the PIM payment.
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See SSI AND ELIGIBILITY FOR OTHER GOVERNMENT AND STATE PROGRAMS for information on TANF. |
If either child or parent is temporarily absent from the household (less than 60 days), the rules about deemed income still apply. ssa.gov/ssi child-ussi
In–Kind Income is food or shelter that you get for free or less than its fair market value.
Bibliography
Supplemental Security Income # 11125
- Publication 3966, Living and Working with Disabilities
#Disability SSI & SSDI Publications, Resources & Links
- Disability Benefits #10029
- SSI Child Disability Starter Kit (for children under age 18)
- Adult Disability Starter Kit(for children age 18 or older)
- Benefits For Children under 18 With Disabilities
- Other Disability Publications
- Social Security Handbook
- Understanding Supplemental Security Income SSI For Children-- 2019 Edition
- Western Poverty Law Center - Coverage for Low Income California's DAC Program Page 84 - Non Magi Medi-Cal 3.71
- Our webpage on SSI & Medi Cal
- ObamaCare - Mental Health - One of 10 Essential Benefits
- New Jersey 2 page explanation
- ssa.gov Section 1634
- Social Security Disability Planner: Benefits for A Disabled Child
- Pickle Amendment Screening Q & A
- The State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD) is established by state and federal law as an independent state agency to ensure that people with developmental disabilities and their families receive the services and supports they need.
Social Security Publications relating to Disability, SSI, SSDI
- What you need to know to get Social Secuirty Disabiltiy Benefits # 10153
- Disability Benefits # 10029
- Reviewing your Disability Publication # 10068
- How Social Security decides if you are still disabled # 10053
- Check list for what’s needed on the application 001
- Appeals Process 10041
- Medicare # 10043
- Supplemental Security Income # 11125
- CA State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP)
- Benefits for Children with Disabilities #10026
- Benefits for Children # 10085
- How to get a benefit verification letter # 10552
- The Red Book – Employment Support for SSDI and SSI
- Working while disabled 10095
- Ticket to Work Program
- Publication 3966, Living and Working with Disabilities
- Publication 907, Tax Highlights for Persons with Disabilities
- How International Agreements can help you # 10180
- Social Security for Foreign Governments # 10566
- MORE Social Security Publications on their website
- Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability We do have a reference copy in our office
- Sleepy Girl Guide to Social Security Disability
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Links & Resources
Disability Benefits 101 on SDI * SSI *
publication 10026 - Benefits for Children with Disability
- What must I do to Qualify?
- What is Social Security's eligibility process
- Where is Social Security's home page for disability
- Can I get a Disability "Starter Kit?
- Tell me more about the Ticket to Work Program which gives you more choice in obtaining the services one needs to be able to go back to work and achieve your employment goals.
- Where can I get more disability information?
- Can I get an estimate of my retirement benefits? Sample Calculation
- Nolo.com Disability Benefits
Medicare Coverage
- Can I get Medicare After 2 years on Social Security Disability #10029?
- Learn More @ * Medicare Interactive *
- I'm already on SSDI, where can I get more information?
- Can we see a sample response to a website visitors questions?
- Do I automatically get Medi - Cal? (Medicaid?)
- bet tzedek.org Free Legal Aid
#SSI-Related Programs, Private Disability & Coverage Groups
Income & Assets Chart
Our web pages on:
- Aged and Disabled Federal Poverty Level Program
- Disability Income – Pay Check Protection
- Part D Rx Low Income Subsidy – LIS – Extra Help
- Hospice Coverage – Medicare
- SSI for Groups & Organizations Publication # 11015
#SocialSecurityDisability
Factors in Evaluating
Parents & Care Givers
Check out our webpage on getting your own private disability coverage, in addition to Social Security Disability or SDI State Disability Coverage
FAQ's
- Deafness?
- Autism?
- Links & Resources
- nolo.com/guide-to-social-security-disability
SSI and SSDI – Contact Info
#Medicare10050 and You 2024
Everything you want to know
- Steve's Video Seminar Introduction to Medicare & You
- Audio from Medicare.Gov
- Clear View to Medicare Patient Advocate.org - 36 pages
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- Your Medicare #Benefits # 10116
- Don't like computers? Prefer a printed version be mailed to you? Audio MP 3
- Inpatient ONLY - How Medicare Pays for your Surgery Part A vs Part B Very Well Health.com
- medicare.gov/coverage
- Enroll in Blue Cross
- Learn about UHC United Health Care
- Enroll in Blue Shield
- Use our scheduler to Set a phone, Skype or Face to Face meeting
- TITLE XVIII—HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THE AGED - Medicare AND DISABLE
How does being incarcerated – Jail, #Prison affect Social Security or SSI Benefits?
How do you get benefits reinstated?
If you’re receiving SSI, your payments are suspended while you’re in prison. Your payments can be reinstated in the month you’re released. However, if your confinement lasts for 12 consecutive months or longer, your eligibility for SSI benefits will terminate and you must file a new application for benefits.
If Social Security suspends your disability or SSI benefits because you were in prison, you can request for Social Security to reinstate your benefits. You’ll need to contact Social Security and provide a copy of your official release documents before they can act on your request.
For SSI beneficiaries, benefits are terminated when the person is incarcerated for a year or more.
Forms to Get one released from Prison
Which prison?
dcor.state.ga.us/State Prisons
Is he on SSI or SSDI?
Were benefits suspended or terminated?
Was he getting benefits before?
Does the prison have a pre-release agreement with Social Security?
Please read this pamphlet from Social Security 10504
A prerelease agreement is a written or verbal agreement between an institution and SSA to cooperate in the processing of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) applications under the prerelease procedure. For a complete description of prerelease agreements see SI 00520.910 – Prerelease Agreements – Institutionalization. https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0423530001
After you know your release date, notify someone at your facility that you want to start your SSI payments or Social Security benefits. The institution then will notify us if you are likely to meet the requirements for benefits. We will get an application from you several months before your anticipated release. That way, we can begin processing your application. Your benefits can start as soon as possible after your release.
If your institution does not have a prerelease agreement with the local Social Security office:
After you know your anticipated release date, call Social Security at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778). Tell the representative you are scheduled to be released from an institution and want to apply for benefits. Please have your Social Security number handy. We will set up an appointment with your local Social Security office to take your application when you are released. faq.ssa.gov/
Social Security and Health Care Benefits for the Incarcerated
This fact sheet describes
- income support through the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and
- Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) programs, and
- health coverage under Medicaid – Medi Cal and Medicare, which together can enable someone with mental illness to transition successfully from jail or prison to community life.
- Our webpage on
- reinstating Part B Medicare if you lost it
- Get Quotes for Health Insurance
- Our webpage on
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Entering the Community after #Jail, Prison – Incarceration Publication # 10504
What prisoners need to know Publication # 10133
How to Navigate California County Jails: A Guide for Inmates and Their Loved Ones
Our webpages on
#Work and Disability
Disability Benefits Brochure # 10029
We base your SSI payments on how much other income you have. When your other income goes up, your SSI payments usually go down. When you earn more than the SSI limit, your payments will stop for those months. But, your payments will start again for any month your income drops to less than the SSI limits. Be sure to tell us if your earnings drop, or if you stop working.
If your only income is SSI, and the money you make from your job, we don’t count the first $85 of your monthly earnings. Each month, we reduce your SSI benefits 50 cents for every dollar that you earn over $85.
Example: You work and earn $1,000 in a month; and your only income comes from your earnings and your SSI.
$1,000
-$85
$915 divided by 2 = $457.50
We would take $457.50 from your SSI payment.
You may be eligible for a plan to achieve self-support that allows you to use money and resources for a specific work goal. These funds don’t count when we figure out how your current income and resources affect your benefits. Learn more — Working While Disabled 10095
#Working while disabled # 10095
Red Book – – Employment Supports for those on SSI & SSDI # 64-030 60 pages HTML
https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10127.pdf
what every woman should know
WDACS is a comprehensive community resource that provides personal, social, and economic services for residents and businesses. We provide equitable opportunities for all of LA County to grow, succeed and thrive. https://wdacs.lacounty.gov/
https://accessla.org/
https://disability.lacity.org/
https://www.medicareinteractive.org/get-answers/medicare-health-coverage-options/medicare-and-incarceration/medicare-coverage-during-incarceration
Do I qualify for being permantley disabled as My placard for my vehicle is “permanently disabled”. I have chronic fatigue and suffer from anxiety and PTSD (caused by being stalked by an ex boyfriend for years).
Who can get Social Security disability benefits?
Social Security pays benefits to people who can’t work because they have a medical condition that’s expected to last at least one year or result in death.
Read more on how to qualify…Publication 10029 *
Let’s look at the definition of impairment expected to last at least 12 months
602.1
When Does Your Impairment Meet The 12-Month Duration Requirement?
To meet the duration requirement, you must have a medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death, or which has lasted or can be expected to last for at least 12 months in a row. Although your condition may not have lasted for 12 months at the time we decide you are disabled, the duration requirement may be met because we expect medical recovery to occur after the 12-month period (see �507.1). This is provided your impairment keeps you from engaging in substantial gainful activity (see �603.1) for at least 12 months in a row. SSA.gov
Hello,
I have been on SDI State Disability Insurance CA since 11/02/2020, my Doctor has just submitted medical certification to the EDD Employment Development Department SDI that I will not be able to return to work.
Already have Medi-Cal as Secondary (Cigna Through employer) which I am assuming will be will be cancelled very soon.
On 2015 I was already deemed 50% disabled due to a work injury, I did not claim any state benefits only the Worker’s Comp and did a settlement. Continued to work on and off as I could, this now is another health issue which will last until death. I will be 56 in October 2021.
Do I have to reach out and apply for Social Security SSDI Permanent Disability Benefits and wait over a year to get Medicare Advantage and MediCal as secondary?
[our webpage on Medi Medi – Cal Medi Connect]
Family of four, Low Income, on SNAP [Food Stamps – Cal Fresh] and Head of Household.
I will not be able to afford Medicare premiums of $150 [$148.50] per month for Part B Dr. Visits.
I appreciate your guidance.
I’m sorry that you’re not feeling well and unable to work.
If your disability lasts longer than a year, SDI will run out and you can apply for Social Security SSDI benefits. We’ve been told that it’s rather difficult to apply. That’s why we’ve listed attorney’s above that might be able to help you.
Once you are approved for SSDI it’s two years to get Medicare.
How are the Medi-Cal HMO’s working for you?
When does your Aetna Employer Plan run out?
Saying you are low income, is meaningless. What is your MAGI Income? Here’s a income chart.
What assets do you have?
Depending on income.. Medi Cal can pay Medicare Part B premiums.
Depending on your income, you’re family can get Covered CA with subsidies or Medi Cal. Here’s our quote and proposal engine. Put in your income, dates of birth, zip code and it will tell you.
Under ARPA, your COBRA premiums can be paid for say 6 months.
2. I have been on SSDI since 2014 and now get free Medicare A and low cost prescriptions. I also get 100% coverage through the Financial Assistant program offered by my local Hospitals.
3. Was going to pay the $148 [now $170] for straight Medicare [Part B] beginning in August
4. but was looking for a supplement plan to coincide with the straight [original] Medicare. If possible,
5. I was hoping to find a $0 premium per month plan.
1. We don’t like to do phone calls either. President Trump was not kidding when he said that Insurance was complicated. We prefer to have the questions in writing so that we can research and verify the correct answer with a citation.
2. Do you mean SSDI? Please be exact. Otherwise we can end up with a lot of grief and confusion.
By low cost prescriptions, do you mean you have a Part D Rx Plan?
Do you have LIS Low Income Subsidy?
I’m not really familiar with what you mean by 100% coverage financial assistance program from your hospital.
3. What do you mean by “straight” Medicare? Do you mean “original” Medicare? See our video and Medicare Publication 10050 for an explanation of “Original” Medicare. Basically original Medicare means Part A Hospital and Part B outpatient.
Part B Hospital has a base premium of $148/month.
4. What type of supplement plan did you want?
Medicare Advantage?
Medi Gap?
5. In general, Medi Gap might run say $150 to $180 for someone turning 65 in California.
Medicare Advantage in many counties in CA have Zero premium and include Part D Rx.
Under Medicare Advantage, you basically turn in your Medicare Card and get your services from the Medicare Advantage plan, not original Medicare. Medicare Advantage MUST be equal to or better than original Medicare.
If you are not in CA, email us and we can give you a referral directory.
Also, please double check that you have an eligible enrollment period as you should also have been eligible for Part B when you got Part A which should have been in 2016, 2 years after you got SSDI.
Medi Gap Guaranteed enrollment
Medicare Advantage Guaranteed Enrollment
Part B Late Enrollment penalty?
Part B Enrollment Periods
Can i get DSI [sic] SDI State Disability Insurance and SSI at the same time?
i am working and getting my SSI at same time. if i become disabled can i get DSI [sic] at the same time?
see SSI’s brochure Working while disabled # 10095, above
See our webpage on SDI
If your SSI case is reviewed by the SSA and you tell them that an asset is or was not yours, do they investigate the person you claim owned the asset?
Can they get information on other people to pursue investigating them, or do they have to get a court order or such to pull another person’s info to check their status?
If the other person is also receiving SSI benefits, do they automatically have access and the right to look into them?
In essence are you throwing the other person under the bus and prompting an investigation into them?
Let’s take a look at the 23 page application for SSI.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION–PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
Failure to report any change within 10 days after the end of the month in which the change occurs could result in a penalty deduction.
The Social Security Administration will check your statements and compare its records with records from other State and Federal agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service, to make sure you are paid the correct amount.
We have asked you for permission to obtain, from any financial institution, any financial record about you that is held by the institution. We will ask financial institutions for this information whenever we think it is needed to decide if you are eligible or if you continue to be eligible for SSI benefits. Once authorized, our permission to contact financial institutions remains in effect until one of the following occurs:
(1) you or your spouse notify us in writing that you are canceling your permission,
(2) your application for SSI is denied in a final decision,
(3) your eligibility for SSI terminates, or
(4) we no longer consider your spouse’s income and resources to be available to you. If you or your spouse do not give or cancel your permission you may not be eligible for SSI and we may deny your claim or stop your payments.
I declare under penalty of perjury that I have examined all the information on this form, and on any accompanying statements or forms, and it is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
I understand that anyone who knowingly gives a false or misleading statement about a material fact in this information, or causes someone else to do so, commits a crime and may be sent to prison, or may face other penalties, or both.
Everyone has to live somewhere, and a home does not count as an asset for SSI purposes. S0, if someone is receiving SSI benefits and a family member gives – gifts them a home or buys one in the SSI recipients’ name or the money to buy said home, does that gift count as income or count against them in any way?
WHAT RESOURCES DO NOT COUNT FOR SSI?
For SSI, we do not count:
the home you live in and the land it is on;
household goods and personal effects (e.g., your wedding and engagement rings); https://www.ssa.gov/ssi/text-resources-ussi.htm
2) What to Purchase: Recipients of SSI need to plan spend-downs carefully. Here are some suggestions for what an individual could buy to spend down a lump sum:
Buying a home or paying off a mortgage, if the SSI recipient is on the title or has a lifetime agreement to be a tenant of the home. Additionally, home repairs, maintenance, remodeling or adding accessibility features could all be approved expenses. https://www.tcnf.legal/how-to-avoid-being-cut-off-ssi-benefits-when-you-get-a-sum-of-money/