How to Get and Not Lose SSDI
Topic: U.S. Social Security
Author: Pavel Kuljuk – Contact: Contact Details
Published: 2024/08/31
Publication Type: Informative
Contents: Summary – Introduction – Main – Related
Synopsis: This article outlines how to get SSDI benefits and what can deprive you of the right to receive this money. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits have a five month waiting period, which means that benefit payments will not begin before the sixth full month of disability. The SSDI waiting period begins the first full month after the date they decide your disability began.
Introduction
How to Obtain and Retain SSDI Benefits
The proportion of disabled people in American society is constantly growing. And this makes Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits more popular among the US population. This article is about how to get this benefit and what can deprive you of the right to receive this money.
Main Digest
The share of disabled people in American society increased from 12.7% in 2008 to 13.9% in 2022. In quantitative terms, the disabled community grew from 38,560,000 to 46,227,000 people.(1) Of these, 8.9 million people received disability benefits in 2022. The average benefit was $1,483. Supplemental Security Income payments were another source of [...]