What Other Benefits Might You Qualify For?
Other benefits available
Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income are not the only benefits that are available for the disabled. You may also have private long-term disability insurance through a recent employer, for example. Some of these private insurance plans require their members to apply for Social Security Disability Benefits even though the private [...]
Work Credits for Social Security
What are “work credits” and how do I earn them?
Social Security Disability Insurance benefits work much the same way as Social Security retirement benefits, in that if you work, you pay a substantial amount of money as Social Security tax. By paying Social Security tax, you earn “work credits,” by which you become legally entitled [...]
Avoid being bitten by the backlog bug
The disability appeals hearing backlog
When you become disabled, you probably have a lot of things on your mind. If you can’t work, you’re wondering how you can possibly restore your income so you can receive medical treatment and get back to work. So, you apply for disability benefits. Then what happens?
About 40% [...]
