i got ssd in feb 06 however i was retropaid from feb 05.  which time do i use to count the 2 yrs necessary for me to wait to get medicare>   use the o5 or o6 one???
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A person is eligible for Medicare in the 25th month after they have been on disability for 24 months.  About 3 months prior to your eligibility date, you should receive an initial enrollment packet from Medicare and your Medicare card. You can also call SSA and they will let you know when you will be eligible for Medicare or to verify Medicare status.
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Under the Social Security Act there is a program called the Ticket to Work Program.  As a Social Security beneficiary, you have probably heard of it.  Under the Ticket To Work program, there is another program that is a freedom to work program.  If an SS beneficiary can work at least 1 hour a month doing ANY legitimate employment, they can earn above the limits and still receive their SSI benefits including medical.  However, as you earn more, your SSI check would be reduced by 50% of your earnings. But you would have earnings to replace any lost benefit.  \nWith a back problem I am guessing that sitting and standing for any length of time is out of the question right?  Are you working with a Vocational Rehab counselor?  They should know about this program and could help you find a part time job that will accommodate your disability.  \nIn any case, you can go to www.ssa.gov and look at the Ticket To Work Program.  Click on the Benefits, Planning, Assistance & Outreach (BPAO) program for your state.  They have Social Security trained benefits specialists that can help you evaluate your situation and see if the Freedom to Work program will work for you.\nBest of luck to you.
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You should get in touch with the VA.  My uncle had the same problem as was able to collect $100K for back benefits.  Talk about a life changing event!
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They should send you an annual statement.  You might want to try the web site:\nhttp://www.ssa.gov/planners/calculators.htm
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It's to late, it's called your social security card. Our grandparents really bought a bill of goods with that one
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It's actually a total of six months from the time you were disabled, and there is no guarantee you will be approved then. It's just the time you have to wait to apply. They really could care less if you survive or not, as a matter of fact it's to their benefit if you don't.
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It hasn't gone down. My hubby and I are living on social security, I have no health insurance, but you think social services will help....NOO..I won't be able to get medicare until I'm 65, 3 yrs from now.....seems like no government agency cares. Not sure what this country is coming to.
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The first 3 digits of a SSN are determined by two things:\n1) In general, by where you live.  I got mine in Hawaii, so mine is a higher number.  If you get yours in Maine, it will be a lower number.\n2) There is no central computer than dishes out numbers one at a time.  Offices are allocated ranges of numbers to use.  So it isn't surprising that a newer number is lower than an older number.  They aren't allocated sequentially.
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It isn't that simple, I got SSD and didn't expect it.  Income had decreased and no longer able to work at the lower level.  They explained to me that if you are not able to work at the level you are trained SSI doesn't expect you to work at lower level.  Now if you choose to get a low paying job, it will not affect your benefits, if on SSI but SSD you are limited to 500 dollars and that mayhave changed.
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There was a reason to worry.    Here's why.\n\nMost computer programs were coded with 2 digits for the year, not 4.   When date logic or math was done with 2 dates, the result would've been incorrect if there was one date after 2000 and one date before 2000.    \n\nThe best example is an age calculation - what would've been the age of someone on 01/01/00 that was born on 01/01/99?\n\nMost people would say 1 year old, but look at it again.   What do you get if you subract 99 from 00?     That's a negative number.\nThe other thing is that the person could've been born in 1899 and actually be 101 years old.   You can't tell by the date alone, which century it comes from.   \n\nAnother thing to worry about was leap year.    1900 was not a leap year, but 2000 was.    \n\nSome computer programs are very dependent on the date to determine what happens in the program.   Using the same dates, which is greater 01/01/99 or 01/01/00...   99 is greater than 00, but it should be the other way around - 2000 is greater than 1999.\n\nBesides the more commonly known version of the date of month/day/year (mm/dd/yy), there is a version that's called a julian date which is year and day of year (yyddd).   All of this logic had to be changed and tested too to make sure it worked the way it was supposed to. \n\nThe solution to the problem was to include the other 2 digits of the year in all date logic.    It seems simple, but there's dates for everything.  Just look at any bill.  You have birth dates, payment due dates, billing dates, transaction dates, start dates, end dates, delivery dates, policy dates, fiscal dates, tax related dates, etc.    The logic for each one had to be analyzed, changed and tested in all different combinations of business scenarios.\n\nThere would've been problems if nothing was done about it, but I don't know what they may have been.   I'm not sure if we'd have the level of catastrophe they were talking about though.
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5 months is the minimum time for social security....longer if they deny your first application and you have to appeal it.
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Check the social security death index, you will know in 5 minutes or less.\nYou dont have to enter the SS number
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Call your social security office and ask them this question just to make sure you are doing everything by the book, okay? Good luck.
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Unless you have a terminal illness that will likely kill you within a year, you probably won't get approved the first time you apply. Be sure to file an appeal within the time allowed. After your second denial, hire a lawyer who specializes in SSD. It took my aunt 3 years and 4 tries to get approved. But as long as you file your appeals in the time allowed, when you do get approved, you'll get back pay from the date you first applied. My aunt got a lump sum check for nearly $50,000.
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Did you send it in to the rebate center or did they do that for you? If you sent it in, what was the location you sent it to and when. \n\nMost of the time you have to fill it out yourself and send it in. There is a time limit. If you sent it in, or the store sent it in for you then you can call the rebate center and ask about the status of it.\n\nYou may be able to track it at the website:\nhttps://www.web-rebates.com/officedepot/index.asp
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not sure if this is the right answer, but if you go under social security disability eligebillty., it has information about the one being care for is able to recieve under social security. There is all kinds of ways and reasons for elegibility that is never mention anyway until you start digging.  For instance, My mother needs 24hr care after 2 strokes.  We have her at home, she is blind and can't walk at 85years old.  She's entitled because she has diabetes,and had it most of her life.  But it too much for me to explain, look it up and you'll be wonderfully surprised I'm sure.
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I think it depends on what you are receiving it for. For instance my sister gets SSI for a disability...to supplement. I think it is a either/or for her. You need to check with your provider for the details. Be sure on this question. Not to say that you may not find it on Yahoo Answers...but I would call and talk to them my self if I were you.  Since you are only 15...you will have to have you parent or guardian do it for you.