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Am I Eligible for SSI?
These are the basic requirements you must meet to obtain SSI benefits:
- You have mental or physical impairments that make working impossible.
- Your medical conditions have lasted, or will last, at least a year.
- Your recent work history and payments to Social Security have been limited.
- Your current income falls under certain levels.
- Your financial resources, such as property or savings, are also limited.
- You could also qualify for SSI if you’re living with blindness.
- And you can get SSI if you’re over 65, even without a qualifying disability, and you meet the financial requirements.
You have to document and prove these points.
Applying for benefits includes filling out a lot of forms, submitting medical evidence, and making an argument for why you should get approved. A disability lawyer can support you in this process.
You also might hear different terms for disability benefits. Besides SSI, Social Security runs another disability program called Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI).
SSDI is different from SSI because it’s for people who have worked substantial amounts in recent years and paid into Social Security with their paycheck deductions. SSI is a financial assistance program for people who haven’t been able to work much.
If you’re wondering whether you have a good case for benefits, or whether you should apply for SSI or SSDI, Disability Lawyer Tim Geary and Geary Disability Law can review your situation and let you know your options.
You pay nothing for your initial claim evaluation.
What Does SSI Pay?
When you qualify for SSI, you get access to Medicaid health-care coverage, which is a huge help when you’re dealing with serious health problems and need to visit doctors, have tests done, and get prescriptions.
You also get monthly income to help with your basic expenses, like household bills.
The government sets SSI payments to be the same for everyone. That’s another difference with SSDI, where payments are determined for each person using a formula that includes their past income.
The amount of money you receive under SSI typically changes every year.
This is how the government set monthly SSI payments for 2021:
- $794 for an individual
- $1,191 for an eligible couple
This kind of help can be just the thing to let you rest easier knowing how you’ll pay for your next meal when health problems leave you unable to work and get paid.
Don’t take chances making your application complete and correct.
Help is here from Geary Disability Law. You pay no attorney fee until you win benefits.
We want to see you get financial relief.
No Matter Where You Are in the Process, We Can Help
From wondering if you have a strong claim to filing your initial application to appealing a denial of benefits, Geary Disability Law is here for you.
Social Security Disability FAQs
It’s only natural for you to have many questions when your life has been disrupted by health problems and you need financial assistance. Get started on your path forward with our answers to some of the questions we hear most often:
DISABILITY FAQs
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