What is SSI Disability
What is Social Security Disability (SSDI)?
The SSDI program pays benefits to you and certain family members if you are disabled, worked long enough and paid Social Security taxes. SSDI includes Medicare insurance. Your adult child may also qualify for benefits on your earnings record if he/she became disabled prior to age 22.
The SSDI program pays benefits to you and certain family members if you are disabled, worked long enough and paid Social Security taxes. SSDI includes Medicare insurance. Your adult child may also qualify for benefits on your earnings record if he/she became disabled prior to age 22.
What is Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Disability?
The Social Security Administration governs the benefit programs: retirement benefits for workers who have reached the prescribed retirement age; and disability benefits for people who are unable to work but have not yet attained the prescribed retirement age. There are two disability benefit programs: Social Security Disability Insurance, also known as SSDI; and Supplemental Security Income, also known as SSI or SSI disability.
What is Supplemental Security Income?
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) makes monthly payments to people who have low income, few resources, and are:
The SSI disability program pays benefits to adults and children who have limited income and resources. SSI includes Medicaid insurance, but it does not pay benefits to family members.
Disability Attorneys of Michigan lawyer Stu Johnson explains in these SSI / SSDI FAQ Videos how Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income claims and benefits work.
The Social Security Administration governs the benefit programs: retirement benefits for workers who have reached the prescribed retirement age; and disability benefits for people who are unable to work but have not yet attained the prescribed retirement age. There are two disability benefit programs: Social Security Disability Insurance, also known as SSDI; and Supplemental Security Income, also known as SSI or SSI disability.
What is Supplemental Security Income?
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) makes monthly payments to people who have low income, few resources, and are:
- Age 65 or older
- Blind or
- Disabled
The SSI disability program pays benefits to adults and children who have limited income and resources. SSI includes Medicaid insurance, but it does not pay benefits to family members.
Disability Attorneys of Michigan lawyer Stu Johnson explains in these SSI / SSDI FAQ Videos how Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income claims and benefits work.