SSA=Social Security Administration. There are two disability programs operated by the agency. The first is Social Security Disability Income. That's for us poor souls who worked our tails off for many years, then become disabled. One must have worked long enough to have enough in his/her Social Security account to receive payments. Disabled means unable to work, though recipients can earn a limited amount each month.
The other program is Supplemental Security Income, SSI. Persons qualifying for SSI may or may not also qualify for the Disability Income also. To recieve SSI, one must be disabled and unable to work. Those recieving small Disabiity Income payments may also be eligible for the SSI program, but SSI has no requirement that the recipient ever have worked.
No offer you can't refuse will be made. The problem is getting any kind of offer at all. Both programs can be very difficult to work through until one gets the first check. Most are denied at least once, having to appeal that and each successive denial. Some, even though they have a legitimate disability, never receive any payments. Its a poorly designed system from the applicant's view. The process is not designed in the favor of the applicant. Too often, is appearst that reviewers of applications don't even bother to read the supporting documents, much less the application. Most successful applicants eventually at lest talk to a disability attorney, many hire one to fight the bureacracy.
2006-09-27 20:52:20
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