Comments on: How to Qualify for Social Security Disability Benefits – Eligibility Requirements

By: marie

marie — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:03:37 +0000

CAN YOU CLAIM SSI AT THE AGE OF 45 AFTER YOU MADE ENOUGH POINTS TO RETIRE…

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:45:40 +0000

Your article on this blog is fantastic.
Well done! I’m a big fan of your blog and be sure to keep up the great work.
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Sincerely,
Alan H.
http://www.alanhaft.com

By: jorge

jorge — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:29:39 +0000

nice post and good writing

By: Tim Landry

Tim Landry — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:02:01 +0000

To “savings accounts girl” – no one EVER thinks it will happen to “me”. One quick comment. You know the old saying “There are 2 certainties in life – death and taxes?” Every time I want to hear it I want to SCREAM – “There are THREE!!!” Everyone reading this – and everyone NOT reading this – everyone alive today – and barring an act of God – everyone yet to be born will be disabled before they die. There are NO EXCEPTIONS! The only things we do not know are the timing and the duration. Will it be short – like a drowning or a plane accident? Will it be prolonged like MS or Alzheimers? Will it occur while we are working? Before we start to work? Or after we retire? Disability is more certain than taxes. I am not saying it WILL happen but the Government CAN repeal taxes. Literally only God can repeal every condition that we are heir to. If you have NO need of any of your income – if your life will be totally unaffected (other than certain pleasures – no impact on neccessities) then you do not need to protect your income. If your income has any effect on your lifestyle – think about protecting it

By: S. Scott

S. Scott — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:22:10 +0000

Don’t use SSI, I had a kidney transplant in 2003 and was able to collect because of being disabled. My health improved enough for me to return to work 9 months after transplant. I called SSA, wrote letters to stop SSI payments monthly. They insisted they had to keep sending payments. Now, 6 years later I am being sued by SSA for $84K they say I owe because I went back to work before 1 year. Once you use them they will not let you stop no matter how good an American you are.

By: Savings Accounts Girl

Savings Accounts Girl — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:08:21 +0000

I’ve been working since I was 16 – the last ss statement I got shows that I have more than enough points to qualify for benefits if something happens to me – not that anything will happen. Anyway – by the time I’m old enough to retire, I can’t rely on ss benefits anyway. Babyboomers are going to take everything leaving us younger generations to rely on our own savings.

By: Tim Landry

Tim Landry — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:52:40 +0000

As a Canadian I am certainly not as familiar with Disability Benefits under Social Security as I am with those provided by the Canada Pension Plan or Quebec Pension Plan – however the definitions of disability are basically identical and I AM very familiar with how these benefits are treated by major Canadian insurers of individual disability benefits. They are ignored TOTALLY. If you are sufficiently disabled to qualify all of Canada Life, Great West Life, Manulife and RBC totally ignore them – they feel the chance of collecting is so small that anyone who qualifies for CPP or QPP either REALLY needs both incomes or will not collect for long