Social Security Disability United States

The first Social Security check was issued on 31st Jan. 1940 to Ida May Fuller of Ludlow, Vermont, who received a check for $22.54.

The Social Security Act was signed into law five years earlier, as a program to benefit survivors of deceased breadwinners and to provide income for the elderly.

Today, there are more than 49 million Social Security beneficiaries, including retired and disabled workers and surviving spouses, as well as children.

The average monthly benefit check for a retired worker is $1,044. What will happen to Social Security in the years ahead is a continuing topic of discussion among America's leaders.

Social Security in the United States currently refers to the federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program. U.S. Social Security is a social insurance program funded through dedicated payroll taxes called Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA).

Tax deposits are formally entrusted to Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, or Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.

President Bush has discussed the importance of Social Security and the need to fix the Social Security system for future generations of Americans. The President has assured Americans that he will not change the Social Security system in any way for those born before 1950.

Social Security Disability:

The Social Security disability insurance program (sometimes referred to as SSDI) pays benefits to you and certain family members if you worked long enough and paid Social Security taxes.

A worker who has worked long enough and recently enough (based on "quarters of coverage" within the recent past) to be covered can receive disability benefits. These benefits start after five full calendar months of disability, regardless of his or her age. The eligibility formula requires a certain number of credits (based on earnings) to have been earned overall, and a certain number within the ten years immediately preceding the disability, but with more-lenient provisions for younger workers who become disabled before having had a chance to compile a long earnings history.

The worker must be unable to continue in his or her previous job and unable to adjust to other work, with age, education, and work experience taken into account; furthermore, the disability must be long-term, lasting 12 months, expected to last 12 months, resulting in death, or expected to result in death. As with the retirement benefit, the amount of the disability benefit payable depends on the worker's age and record of covered earnings.

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) uses the same disability criteria as the insured social security disability program, but SSI is not based upon insurance coverage. Instead, a system of means-testing is used to determine whether the claimants' income and net worth fall below certain income and asset thresholds.

Severely disabled children may qualify for SSI. Standards for child disability are different from those for adults.

Social Security Disability Appeals:

If your Social Security Disability application has recently been denied, the Online Internet Appeal is a starting point to request a review of the decision about your eligibility for disability benefits by submitting an online fillable form.

Adults Disabled Before Age 22 - An adult disabled before age 22 may be eligible for child's benefits if a parent is deceased or starts receiving retirement or disability benefits. We consider this a "child's" benefit because it is paid on a parent's Social Security earnings record.

Articles

Pub. Date	Topic	Author
2012-02-12	Future of U.S. Social Security Disability Program	Midwest Disability, PA
2011-12-11	U.S. Department of Social Security Benefits Calculators	Disabled World
2011-11-19	Medicaid - U.S. Public Health Care Safety Net	Weiner & McCulloch PLLC
2011-11-18	Determining Benefits for Young Adults with Disability	Olinsky Law Group
2011-10-25	Types of Income That May Decrease Your SSDI Benefits	The Law Office of Karl E. Osterhout, LLC
2011-10-24	Social Security Benefits for Depression	Berger and Green
2011-10-21	11-1p Ruling Limits Disability Benefits Options After Denial	Shifrin Newman Smith Inc.
2011-10-19	U.S. Social Security Payment Increase for 2012	Social Security
2011-10-13	Social Security Adds to Compassionate Allowance Conditions List	United States Social Security Administration
2011-10-02	Social Security Disability Application Filing Tips	Tessa Walker, CH Consulting LLC
2011-09-07	Supplemental Security Income - Federal Aid for Seniors and Disabled	Shifrin Newman Smith Inc.
2011-08-29	Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Appeals Process	Bieske & Associates, P.C.
2011-08-27	US Social Security Disability Program In Trouble	DW
2011-08-14	Social Security Disability Determination Process	Dallas W. Hartman P.C.
2011-07-31	Social Security on Death Row - A Disgrace to American Ideology	Schwartzapfel Partners P.C.
2011-07-29	Preserving U.S. Social Security a Matter of Priority	Schwartzapfel Partners P.C.
2011-07-24	Can You Get Both Disability and Unemployment Benefits	Midwest Disability, P.A.
2011-07-14	U.S. Social Security Announces New Compassionate Allowances	U.S. Department of Social Security
2011-07-03	Workers Compensation and Other Benefits Can Affect SSDI Benefit	Wolf and Brown, L.L.C.
2011-06-28	SSA Disability Eligibility Checklist	The Berkley Law Firm
2011-06-27	Social Security Video Hearings for Disability Cases	The Law Offices of Coats & Todd
2011-06-26	How Social Security Determines If You Are Disabled	Milam Law
2011-06-23	Social Security Funds Projected to Deplete Within 25 Years	Schwartzapfel Partners P.C.
2011-06-07	Paperless SSDI and SSI Payments	Crowe & Shanahan
2011-06-05	Social Security Disability Benefit Myths	Ellene Welsh
2011-05-29	Queens SSA Office Accused of Bias in Denying Disability Claims	Bieske & Associates, P.C.
2011-05-13	Projected Social Security Trust Fund Exhaustion a Year Sooner	The United States Social Security Administration
2011-04-08	Lowering Wait for Disability Hearings	Michael J. Mooney and Stephen H. Olden Law Offices
2011-04-07	Fast-Tracking Heart Disease-Related Disability Claims	Caroselli, Beachler, McTiernan & Conboy LLC
2011-03-26	SSI Payment Benefits for Children with Disability	William C Babut PC
2011-03-21	Social Security Disability Benefits Appeals Process	Social Security Disability
2011-03-17	Politics of Social Security - Word Choice	Midwest Disability, P.A.
2011-03-16	Autoimmune Diseases Compassionate Allowances Hearing	US Department of Social Security
2011-03-05	SSDI and SSI Social Security Disability Applications	Crowe & Shanahan
2011-02-25	Social Security Disability - Ability to Obtain Representation Threatened	Disability Group Inc.
2011-02-24	Decreasing Social Security Benefits for Most Seniors in 2013	The Senior Citizens League
2011-02-19	Can You Apply for Both Unemployment and SSDI Benefits	Marshall W. Conick, Attorney at Law
2011-02-17	Bringing a Witness to a Social Security Disability Benefits Hearing	Disability Group Inc.
2011-02-09	Help Winning a Disability Benefits Claim	Disability Group Inc.
2011-02-08	Will You Owe IRS if You Receive Social Security Benefits?	Disability Group Inc.
2011-02-06	Social Security Disability Secrets	Anthony Castelli Attorney at Law
2011-02-03	How Does the SSA Decide - Determining Disability	Adler Stilman PLLC
2011-01-31	Social Security Day of Reckoning Has Come	Ironwood Publications
2011-01-30	SSI Benefits for Young Adults	Richard A Sly, Attorney at Law
2011-01-19	Ways To Help Win Your Social Security Disability Benefits Claim	Disability Group Inc.
2011-01-13	Impact of Social Security Disability Income on Other Benefits	Law Offices of Coats & Todd
2010-12-23	Social Security's Future at Risk with New Tax Deal	Robert Weiner Associates
2010-12-16	Recession Will Cost Baby Boomers Up To $40,000 in Benefits	The Senior Citizens League
2010-12-13	Evaluating Claims of Mental Disorders - Criteria Revision	Shifrin Newman Smith Inc.
2010-12-08	What You Need to Know About Social Security Disability	Robert A. Koenigsberg Law Offices
2010-11-21	Claims for SSD Include a Long Wait for a Hearing	Marshall W. Conick, Attorney at Law
2010-11-19	Upswing in Disability Claims with Downturn in Economy	Richard A Sly Attorney at Law
2010-11-17	How to Apply for Social Security Disability Benefits	GobiernoUSA.gov
2010-11-09	Compassionate Allowances Hearing on Cardiovascular Disease and Multiple Organ Transplants	U.S. Social Security
2010-10-25	Increasing the Retirement Age for Social Security	American Academy of Actuaries
2010-10-16	Zero Cost-of-Living Adjustment to Impact Most Vulnerable Seniors	National Council on Aging
2010-10-16	No Change in Social Security COLA - Good and Bad News	Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
2010-10-13	Social Security Fast-Track Disability Processes Get Even Faster	US Department of Social Security
2010-10-13	Social Security Expert Says Proposed Benefit Cuts will not Help Reduce the Deficit	Benefit Cuts
2010-10-05	$500 Million in Suspended Disability Benefits Returned	Social Security Disability
2010-09-30	AJC Urges Congress to Extend SSI Benefits for Refugees	American Jewish Committee
2010-09-30	What You Need to Know About Social Security	Society of Certified Senior Advisors
2010-09-13	Social Security Disability Program Fosters and Prolongs Destitution	Disability Income Associates, LLC
2010-09-05	Benefits for Widows, Widowers & Other Survivors	Disabled World
2010-09-04	U.S. Social Security $2.6 Trillion Dollar Surplus	Elder Law of Michigan, Inc.
2010-09-03	Flawed SSD Process with More Claimants, Longer Waits, Routine Denial	Midwest Disability
2010-09-01	Social Security Checks Arriving Early Along Atlantic Coast	U.S. Department Social Security
2010-08-28	Long Lines at Social Security Offices Not Going Away Anytime Soon	Schwartzapfel Truhowsky Marcus P.C
2010-08-25	Are You Eligible for Social Security Disability Benefits?	Marshall W. Conick, Attorney at Law
2010-08-13	Backlog for SSDI Cases: Is Help on the Way for Disability Applicants?	Crowe & Shanahan
2010-08-12	Social Security's 75th Anniversary - Allsup	Allsup
2010-08-11	Americans Plan to Rely on Social Security	AARP
2010-07-26	Social Security Wants You to Share Your Personal Stories and Reflections	SOCIAL SECURITY
2010-07-23	Social Security Proposes Legislation to End Furloughs of Federally Paid State Disability Workers	US Department of Social Security
2010-06-28	Debt Commission Threatening Social Security and Obama's Own Party	Robert Weiner Associates
2010-06-26	Fibromyalgia and Social Security Disability Benefit Payments	Jeffrey A. Rabin & Assoc
2010-06-16	Arthritis Sufferers Applying For Disability Benefits	Allsup
2010-05-25	Liver Disease - Applying for Social Security Disability Benefits	Jonathan Ginsberg
2010-05-24	Study Considers Social Security Benefits for Students	National Academy of Social Insurance
2010-05-07	Top 10 Boy and Girl Baby Names List - U.S. Social Security	Social Security
2010-05-04	Depression and Social Security Disability Benefits	Jonathan Ginsberg
2010-05-04	Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Social Security Disability Benefits	Jonathan Ginsberg
2010-04-29	Quick Processing of Social Security Disability Claims	Allsup
2010-04-15	Social Security Disability Insurance Backlogs - 10 Worst States	Allsup
2010-04-07	U.S. Social Security Releases Open Government Plan	Social Security
2010-03-12	Backlog Continues in 2010 for SSDI Claims	Jeffrey A. Rabin & Assoc
2010-03-12	Keeping Disability Benefits after a Disabled Child Becomes an Adult	Jeffrey A. Rabin & Assoc
2010-03-11	Social Security Health Care Information for Disability Applicants	Social Security
2010-03-02	Social Security Hearings Backlog Falls	U.S. Social Security
2010-02-26	Who is Eligible for Social Security Disability Benefits	Shifrin Newman Smith Inc.
2010-02-25	Ending Furloughs of Federally Funded State Employees	SOCIAL SECURITY
2010-02-11	U.S. Social Security Launches New Open Government Webpage	Social Security
2010-02-08	Breaking Through Social Security Disability Claims Backlog - Tips from Allsup	Allsup
2010-02-01	Social Security Awards Nearly $20 Million for Electronic Medical Records	U.S. Social Security
2010-01-23	When Should I Take Social Security Benefits	National Academy of Social Insurance
2010-01-23	Social Security Makes New Disability Data Available to Public	Social Security
2009-12-11	U.S. Department of Social Security Sending Corrected Benefit Notices	Social Security
2009-11-26	Inspector General Asked to Investigate California and Hawaii Disability Determination Services	SSA Press Office
2009-10-21	Estimating Social Security Disability (SSDI) Benefits	Freedom Disability
2009-10-03	Social Security Administration Disability Backlog Lowered	Senator Tom Harkin
2009-08-26	Importance of Work History for Social Security Disability Benefits	Allsup
2009-07-31	Social Security Disability Questions and Answers	Allsup
2009-06-20	Social Security Permanent Disability Claims	Mesriani Law Group
2009-06-01	Social Security Disability Backlog Worsens	Allsup
2009-05-18	Understanding Social Security Statement for Disability Financial Planning	Allsup
2009-05-05	More Women Turning to Social Security Disability Benefits	Allsup
2009-04-20	Information for Social Security Disability Applicants Seeking Representation	Allsup
2009-03-28	Strengthen Social Security Disability Program - U.S. Sen. Grassley	Iowa Politics
2009-03-27	Social Security Delays for People With Disabilities	United Spinal Association
2009-03-24	Social Security Disability Benefits Not Easy Even After Approval	Allsup
2009-03-18	People with Disabilities May Miss Out on Significant Tax Savings this Season	Allsup
2009-03-14	SSDI and SSI Difference	Carolyn Magura
2009-03-12	Social Security Administration Programs - U.S.	Sarah Lois
2009-03-02	US Social Security Disability Benefits Answers	U.S. Social Security
2009-02-26	Social Security Disability Insurance Recipients to Get Extra $250	Allsup
2009-02-24	List of Social Security Compassionate Allowance Conditions - US	Social Security Online
2009-02-24	Disability Payments for Back Conditions	Brent Adams and Associates
2009-02-19	Applying for SSA Disability: The Significance of Residual Functional Capacity	Harry W. Glasser - www.disabilityhandbook.com
2009-02-16	SSI Disability Application Tips for 2009	nationaldisabilitylawyer.com
2009-01-31	US Social Security Disability Impairments	Matt Berry
2009-01-30	Social Security Disability Applications Reaches 2.6 Million	Allsup
2009-01-23	2009 Social Security Disability Recipients Benefits Rise	Allsup
2009-01-12	Applying for Social Security Disability Payments	Berry & Associates
2009-01-05	Denied Social Security Disability - Now What?	Allsup
2008-03-18	U.S. State Rankings for Disability Backlogs	Allsup

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