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The author of that article is obviously a liberal political hack, even though I never heard of him. The info he spews is not accurate. He says that only 13% get benefits on appeal. This is NOT Correct. 13% get approved on what's called reconsideration which is only the FIRST level of appeal, and the decision is made by the State DDS. The REAL appeal is the hearing in front of the ALJ - this is where you have an attorney on contingency. The TRUTH is that HALF of all appealed denials are APPROVED at the ALJ level, and MORE than half are approved if the claimant has a lawyer. So there you go, roughly 70% of the people that apply, and then appeal if denied, are ultimately awarded SSDI. The ONLY reason the % is below 50% is because of the fairly large number of applicants that never file an appeal of their decision.
Have you ever went through the process? I have with my wife. When you apply for SSDI you can not work at all. You can not draw unemployment insurance because that means you are actively seeking work. Those who are approved the first round are in very dire straights. Those who win on appeal have not worked in several years because they are very sick and are not employable, nobody wants them. Are there scammers, sure but not many who can gather doctors on their behalf over a long period of time, not work at all for a few years. I'm positive those scammers are few in number. Again I've been through it.
There is a note there that it does not include children and widows.
That may fall under Social Security not SSDI if the recipient passes away? When a person who is on SSDI reaches retirement age their SSDI is changed to SS. Keep in mind it is insurance paid for by the worker and employer.
That may fall under Social Security not SSDI if the recipient passes away? When a person who is on SSDI reaches retirement age their SSDI is changed to SS. Keep in mind it is insurance paid for by the worker and employer.
No, it is SSDI and your chart only reflect worker numbers, not children and not widows.
SSDI does pay dependent and spouse benefits.
SSI= SUPPLEMENTAL Security Income. You can still qualify even if you have never worked a day in your life.
SSDI= Social Security Disability Insurance. Every dollar we make (up to 75k i think) is taxed to be able to (theoretically) have this insurance if we ever need it.
The maximum amount one can get for SSI is $700 A MONTH only if there are no other assets or income (besides one car and a house.)
The maximum for SSDI is approximately $2,500 a month (average is $1,000 a month) even if you were making $10,000 a month for the last 20 years.
These programs aint making anyone rich folks! Most would rather have a job paying 25k to 80k a year rather than ending up on SSDI disability with an average of 12k per year!
Here we go again.
I asked how is Social Security welfare (as you claimed) and you come back with the SAME junk.
You go into great lengths to describe SSI and SSDI.Great job but, where is SS?
You DO understand they they are 3 SEPARATE programs, administered by the Social Security Administration. don't you?
Have you ever went through the process? I have with my wife. When you apply for SSDI you can not work at all. You can not draw unemployment insurance because that means you are actively seeking work. Those who are approved the first round are in very dire straights. Those who win on appeal have not worked in several years because they are very sick and are not employable, nobody wants them. Are there scammers, sure but not many who can gather doctors on their behalf over a long period of time, not work at all for a few years. I'm positive those scammers are few in number. Again I've been through it.
Yes, I have been through it, furthermore I worked for DDS for six years, and my daughter has worked for DDS for the past 6 years, plus my wife is on SSDI and we went through the appeal process - with an attorney. So yes, I know much more than you about how it works. Are there legitimately disabled people whose claims are denied? yes indeed. Are there scammers out there? Absolutely, and many, many of them, and yes, their docs will support them - why not? it's $$. My point, however, was that this hack blogger is throwing out BS statistics.
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