To Clear up about SSDI and

[Allisa35]

To Clear up about SSDI and working

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>ej0820</b></i>
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<br />wait...what benefits will you lose if you work part time for 9 months making under the $900-1000 limit? Are we talking Medicaid or everything (medicare, SSDI, medicaid, etc.)?
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<br />Now I'm confused and a little concerned. I've been working part time for a while now and had no real plans of quitting. I've taken some time off, but I still technically "work".</end quote>
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<br />If you are working part-time, you can work as long as you want to as long as you your earnings are under $900 or $1,000 a month (I'm not sure of the exact amount). If you want to work full-time, you can do that for 9 months on the ticket to work program and earn as much money as you want to. But if you go over that 9 months then they can take away your benefits.

 

[ej0820]

To Clear up about SSDI and working

ok, that's what I thought! The two posts before my last question about the ticket to work program made me think I had something wrong, even though I make well below the monthly limit working part-time.

thanks

 

[ej0820]

To Clear up about SSDI and working

ok, that's what I thought! The two posts before my last question about the ticket to work program made me think I had something wrong, even though I make well below the monthly limit working part-time.

thanks

 

[ej0820]

To Clear up about SSDI and working

ok, that's what I thought! The two posts before my last question about the ticket to work program made me think I had something wrong, even though I make well below the monthly limit working part-time.
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<br />thanks

 

[JennifersHope]

To Clear up about SSDI and working

You got it Erin, that is right, you are doing the right thing. I am doing the same as you, I have no intention of quitting unless I have to

 

[JennifersHope]

To Clear up about SSDI and working

You got it Erin, that is right, you are doing the right thing. I am doing the same as you, I have no intention of quitting unless I have to

 

[JennifersHope]

To Clear up about SSDI and working

You got it Erin, that is right, you are doing the right thing. I am doing the same as you, I have no intention of quitting unless I have to

 

[julie]

To Clear up about SSDI and working

There's a little info missing here, hopefully this will help: <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://ssa-custhelp.ssa.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/523/kw/working/session/L3RpbWUvMTI4NzI3MTQ1OC9zaWQvWXF6OVJGY2s%3D
">http://ssa-custhelp.ssa.gov/ap...C9zaWQvWXF6OVJGY2s%3D
</a>
In 2010, if you WORK and earn over $720 in a one month period, that month counts as 1 of your 9 "trial work months". if you earn $629 or LESS, you are not at all affected and you continue to recieve your full SSDI benefits.

Once you have reached 9 trial work months in a rolling 60 month period, they look at your earnings and determine if you are earning at a "substantial" level. For 2010 this substantial level is $1,000. IF you are making $1000 more a month, then your SSDI benefits will discontinue.

HOWEVER, if this happens and you are not getting your SSDI because you are now earning a substantial amount, and then say you get sick and earn UNDER that substantial amount in any 1 month period, you can recieve your SSDI benefits again without question. This "safety net" (as I call it) is available to you for 36 montsh following ther 1st month your earnings are considered substantial.

If you have reached your 9 trial work months and they look at your earnings and you are NOT earning at a "substantial" level ($1000 for 2010) then there is a formula they use to deduct some of what you have earned from your SSDI benefits.

 

[julie]

To Clear up about SSDI and working

There's a little info missing here, hopefully this will help: <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://ssa-custhelp.ssa.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/523/kw/working/session/L3RpbWUvMTI4NzI3MTQ1OC9zaWQvWXF6OVJGY2s%3D
">http://ssa-custhelp.ssa.gov/ap...C9zaWQvWXF6OVJGY2s%3D
</a>
In 2010, if you WORK and earn over $720 in a one month period, that month counts as 1 of your 9 "trial work months". if you earn $629 or LESS, you are not at all affected and you continue to recieve your full SSDI benefits.

Once you have reached 9 trial work months in a rolling 60 month period, they look at your earnings and determine if you are earning at a "substantial" level. For 2010 this substantial level is $1,000. IF you are making $1000 more a month, then your SSDI benefits will discontinue.

HOWEVER, if this happens and you are not getting your SSDI because you are now earning a substantial amount, and then say you get sick and earn UNDER that substantial amount in any 1 month period, you can recieve your SSDI benefits again without question. This "safety net" (as I call it) is available to you for 36 montsh following ther 1st month your earnings are considered substantial.

If you have reached your 9 trial work months and they look at your earnings and you are NOT earning at a "substantial" level ($1000 for 2010) then there is a formula they use to deduct some of what you have earned from your SSDI benefits.

 

[julie]

To Clear up about SSDI and working

There's a little info missing here, hopefully this will help: <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://ssa-custhelp.ssa.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/523/kw/working/session/L3RpbWUvMTI4NzI3MTQ1OC9zaWQvWXF6OVJGY2s%3D
">http://ssa-custhelp.ssa.gov/ap...C9zaWQvWXF6OVJGY2s%3D
</a><br />
<br />In 2010, if you WORK and earn over $720 in a one month period, that month counts as 1 of your 9 "trial work months". if you earn $629 or LESS, you are not at all affected and you continue to recieve your full SSDI benefits.
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<br />Once you have reached 9 trial work months in a rolling 60 month period, they look at your earnings and determine if you are earning at a "substantial" level. For 2010 this substantial level is $1,000. IF you are making $1000 more a month, then your SSDI benefits will discontinue.
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<br />HOWEVER, if this happens and you are not getting your SSDI because you are now earning a substantial amount, and then say you get sick and earn UNDER that substantial amount in any 1 month period, you can recieve your SSDI benefits again without question. This "safety net" (as I call it) is available to you for 36 montsh following ther 1st month your earnings are considered substantial.
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<br />If you have reached your 9 trial work months and they look at your earnings and you are NOT earning at a "substantial" level ($1000 for 2010) then there is a formula they use to deduct some of what you have earned from your SSDI benefits.

 

[julie]

To Clear up about SSDI and working

also, there are incentives and programs that will allow you to continue recieving your medicare for a certain time, even after your SSDI benefits stop because you've utilized all your 9 trial work months.

 

[julie]

To Clear up about SSDI and working

also, there are incentives and programs that will allow you to continue recieving your medicare for a certain time, even after your SSDI benefits stop because you've utilized all your 9 trial work months.

 

[julie]

To Clear up about SSDI and working

also, there are incentives and programs that will allow you to continue recieving your medicare for a certain time, even after your SSDI benefits stop because you've utilized all your 9 trial work months.

 

[JennifersHope]

To Clear up about SSDI and working

Julie, I never heard of this formula, I was told as long as I made under a thousand dollars a month, they would not ever take away any of my benefits?

Is that incorrect?

 

[JennifersHope]

To Clear up about SSDI and working

Julie, I never heard of this formula, I was told as long as I made under a thousand dollars a month, they would not ever take away any of my benefits?

Is that incorrect?

 

[JennifersHope]

To Clear up about SSDI and working

Julie, I never heard of this formula, I was told as long as I made under a thousand dollars a month, they would not ever take away any of my benefits?
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<br />Is that incorrect?

 

[my65roses4me]

To Clear up about SSDI and working

I was told exactly what Julie said. If I made more than 720.00 a month then they start paying attention. After nine months then they will review again and determine whether you are able to work without SSDI. I do not work consistently so I dont have to worry but thats what I was told by my lawyer.

 

[my65roses4me]

To Clear up about SSDI and working

I was told exactly what Julie said. If I made more than 720.00 a month then they start paying attention. After nine months then they will review again and determine whether you are able to work without SSDI. I do not work consistently so I dont have to worry but thats what I was told by my lawyer.

 

[my65roses4me]

To Clear up about SSDI and working

I was told exactly what Julie said. If I made more than 720.00 a month then they start paying attention. After nine months then they will review again and determine whether you are able to work without SSDI. I do not work consistently so I dont have to worry but thats what I was told by my lawyer.

 

[ej0820]

To Clear up about SSDI and working

just to clarify...the earned amount per month we're talking about here, $720, INCLUDES your SSDI payment, right? It's not in addition to? Meaning, if I get $600 from SSDI, then I could lose my benefits (in time, I understand it's not right away) if I make $120 a month at my part-time job. That's how I understood this.

I thought I had a grasp on all of this stuff. Ugh! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0">