To live on in the states do they cut off benifits 30 days after you leave country. They dont give you enough to live on but expect you to stay there and starve to death instead of finding a place where the money is enough to live on.....
2007-10-16 01:38:39 · 4 answers · asked by Kirk Neel 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ People with Disabilities
I am getting some interesting feed back. Here is a little more detail. y son gets SSI and SSDI he has a brain disorder and cant work He has no where to live in the states that why he move with me overseas and now they cut his SSI in 30 days.
2007-10-16 13:18:45 · update #1
SSI is a benefit paid to US citizens who live here and can take advantage of the vocational rehabilitation programs offered here. They do not cut them off after 30 days, they do after 6 months.
SSI is a program designed to help people in more ways than just a check. The program is intended to help people work so that they do not need a check. (I'm not saying they are successful.) They provide medical care. (ANd that isn't the greatest either.) If you live outside the US they can't do either. They also can't check to be sure you are reporting your income via the IRS.
If SSI was a program available to anyone born here - then all children with disabilities born in the US would be entitled to benefits. That means that parents who knew their children would be born disabled would come to the US so that their children would be entitled to a lifetime of benefits. If that were true if you think the benefits are tiny now- they would be half what they are.
SSDI is paid to you if you live outside the US.
Jim: You are wrong. SSI is not an insurance program that you pay into (SSDI is) - anyone born with an eleigible disability can get SSI- no has to ever had to have worked.
Dr. Albert: read the question. SSI, not SSDI. No one pays into SSI. You do not get SSI based on your work history. Most recipients of SSI have never worked.
2007-10-16 02:20:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
People on SSI are usually young when they get it or they would have gotten SSDI instead.
SSI pays about 623 a month but the person might also get non cash help like food stamps and housing assistance and Medicaid. It won't be living rich but most young disabled people have parents and sibling that can help a little.
My cousin has hemophilia and hepatitis C and has been on it over 20 years. His parents are in their 80s now but his entire life have provided most of his meals and gave him a mobile home to put on the farm with them. I don't know what will happen if he outlives them some days he can't get out of bed to make food. I hope his sibling step up but two are out of state so he only has a sister and her son has hemophilia and hepatitis C too so she has to help him.
If you are disabled how can you move to another country away from family and friends? Who will help you get groceries and take you to doctors?
2007-10-16 19:09:52 · answer #2 · answered by shipwreck 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You do not understand your payments are based on what you put in. This is until all the illegals get forgiven then their relatives will receive SSI in Mexico!
2007-10-16 10:52:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
IF YOU HAVE LEGALLY WORKED AND HAD CONTRIBUTIONS INTO SOCIAL SECURITY YOU WILL GET SOMETHING BACK FOR THIS IF/WHEN YOU BECOME DISABLED. YOU MUST REMAIN LIVING IN THE USA TO COLLECT.
THIS PAYMENT WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO LIVE 'HIGH ON THE HOG' THOUGH. IT ALLOWS YOU TO SURVIVE AT A VERY BASIC LEVEL.
2007-10-16 11:30:21 · answer #4 · answered by Dr. Albert, DDS, (USA) 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋