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When someone is already earning income and is receiving pay stubs:1. Disability Insurance (SSDI) counts wages when you earn the wage.2. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) counts wages when you get the wages (based on the date on the paycheck). The example is to be used before someone actually starts earning income, using the hourly wage amount that their new

Special Groups of Former SSI Recipients According to SSA, categorical Medicaid eligibility for the “aged, blind and disabled” is directly related to receipt of SSI in most states. Loss of SSI payments can result in loss of Medicaid coverage.  To preserve Medicaid coverage for certain groups of individuals who lose SSI payments, Congress enacted special

PARENT: “What is going to happen when I die or if I become incapacitated?”There are a number of different possible responses to that realistic question.  Parents need to be concerned with numerous issues, including future financial planning, the orderly distribution of assets to the family member with a disability, as well as other children. They