If you are a recipient of disability benefits, you are very likely aware that any external income will affect it. However, if you are on disability benefits and are responsible for paying child support, you may also be curious how the child support requirement affects...
Social Security Disability Insurance program to last thru 2052
On April 22, the Social Security Administration (SSA) made an announcement that should serve as good new for disability benefits recipients. They announced that its disability trust fund should be able to support recipients for another 20 years.Their latest estimates...
Social Security Administration may start watching social media
Americans have an ongoing love affair with social media -- and it has become normal for many people to post regular updates about their lives on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.Well, now, Uncle Sam -- in the form of the Social Security Administration (SSA) -- would...
Doctor’s orders and Social Security Disability claims
Are you closely following your doctor's orders? Are you taking all your medication? Are you going to your follow-up appointments on time? Are you working on losing some weight, as per your doctor's instructions?If not, you could be putting your Social Security...
Can you collect your deceased spouse’s disability benefits?
The list of conditions that the Social Security Administration (SSA) considers to be disabilities is limited. In order to qualify to receive monthly payments, an individual must have a terminal illness or expect to be unable to work for at least a year. Once you start...
Are there disability benefits for gig workers?
Being a gig worker comes with many perks like flexible schedules, negotiating pay terms and working for multiple clients at once. But those who work these jobs miss out on perks like employer-sponsored insurance and workers' compensation benefits that many salaried...
What are common reasons people apply for disability benefits?
More than the 150 million Americans currently receive Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), coverage that's paid for using Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) paycheck deductions. At the same time, only one-third of all workers maintain private...
Those receiving Social Security are to get a raise in 2019
The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently announced that its beneficiaries will see a 2.8 percent increase in their payments starting in 2019. The cost-of-living adjustment is the first of its sort to occur since 2012.Currently, more than 67 million Americans...
Social Security Disability applications denials follow a pattern
As of 2015, United States Census Bureau reported that 12 percent of the American population, or 40 million people, were disabled.In 1999, the Social Security Administration (SSA) reported that at least half of the disability payments applications that they received...
Older workers with denied SSDI claims risk becoming impoverished
A new study was recently published by Mathematica Policy Research. It suggests that the older someone is when they apply for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), the more apt that they are to have difficulty finding and maintaining employment once their claim...