tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902504831906503458.post1612858967215813391..comments2023-10-26T06:36:28.388-06:00Comments on Make This Look Awesome...: Being #broke as a #joke (or the #SSDI "blues").http://www.blogger.com/profile/00695167212487592726noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902504831906503458.post-76340492737867040392014-03-10T11:32:35.940-06:002014-03-10T11:32:35.940-06:00I've never been able to qualify for welfare be...I've never been able to qualify for welfare because I always "made too much money" on SSDI.... If you want to help me do the work, GREAT!!! Otherwise, thanks for the attempt, I know what I 'm doing.<br /><br />I would have MUCH loved to retire later, ya wanna know why? My last salary was $36/hr. I could get paid ---these days --- $76.88/hr. So you tell me what I'd like to do, huh?.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00695167212487592726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902504831906503458.post-10268977585856066552014-03-10T11:28:28.886-06:002014-03-10T11:28:28.886-06:00Honey, my father is a social security lawyer and I...Honey, my father is a social security lawyer and I wrote his law office's guide to SSDI. If I made mistakes! it was purely for the purposes of this post? I don't need a lecture from a stranger. THANKS!!!.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00695167212487592726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902504831906503458.post-10000122721944061872014-03-10T01:05:47.846-06:002014-03-10T01:05:47.846-06:00For someone who's been on SSDI for so long you...For someone who's been on SSDI for so long you don't seem to have all the basics down yet. <br /><br />SSI - this is Supplemental Security Income - it is NOT social security, it is a form of welfare, paid to some disabled if their SSDI doesn't reach $720 (for 2014 I believe that's the cap). <br /><br />SSDI is, in reality, early retirement. It is what you've paid into your retirement so far. Would you get more if you "retired" later? Of course, bc that means theoretically less years of you collecting. <br /><br />While the ACA has vastly improved Medicare - that donut hole is a killer, literally - you should be looking at either a supplement or an Advantage plan. <br /><br />Then apply for Extra Help. I get 100% extra help and my husband works. <br /><br />Between my Advantage plan ($8 to see the dr!) and Extra Help ($50 out of pocket per YEAR on $25,000+ retail meds), most of my check goes to pay bills.<br /><br />goddessoflubbockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979832020787533228noreply@blogger.com