Re: social security question

Posted by stjames on January 5, 2002, at 1:49:07

In reply to Re: social security question, posted by stjames on January 4, 2002, at 14:41:39

> My info is 2 years old, but at that point the max benifit for SS disability (either kind) was
> 500 and some odd dollars.

Opps ! I really need to qualify that. For disabled persons who paid little to nothing into
SS the above is true. For those who have paid into SS, it is not; payments are first based on amount paid, vesting, quarters, ect. SSI can come into play for some people.
It does seem unfair that those who are so disabled as to never of worked get the least, but SS rewards working.
The good news is is that is is easier to get off SS now. Prior, if one took a job (earning more than X $) SS pulled the rug out and you were no longer disabled. If you found you could not handle
work or your disability got worse you were back to aquare 1. Now there is a long grace period, where you can try work and not loose benifits.
james

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