SSI and SSDI

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has temporarily stopped sending repayment notices to some Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries after two same-sex married couples filed a lawsuit to prevent the agency from recouping SSI benefits that they were overpaid because the...

Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) both allow working beneficiaries to deduct certain work-related expenses from their countable income, making it easier to qualify for benefits or, in the case of SSI, to receive a larger...

If you own or are thinking of owning a recreational vehicle, you need to consider the vehicle's impact on your government benefits, especially Supplemental Security Income and Medicaid.

President Obama's recently-released Fiscal Year 2016 Budget proposes a reallocation of payroll taxes to fix the anticipated shortfall in the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) trust fund, along with increased employment assistance for people with disabilities and additional funding for...

In one of its first acts of the new Congress, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives changed its rules to prevent lawmakers from shifting money from the Social Security retirement trust fund to the Social Security disability trust fund unless the...

When the parent of an adult with disabilities retires, the child may qualify for federal disability benefits, even if the child has never worked.

On March 7, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) introduced a bill that would dramatically increase the amount of money that Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries can earn and save, and that would eliminate penalties for applicants who...

People suffering from a range of serious disabilities often must wait months or even years for federal disability benefits, even if they are clearly eligible. But thanks to a program called Compassionate Allowances, those suffering from specific conditions can have...

Getting benefits information and Social Security numbers from the Social Security Administration (SSA) will soon be a little more difficult.