When you’re exploring disability, retirement, or survivors’ benefits, it won’t be long before you come across the acronym SSA. Knowing what the SSA is and how to interact with it is essential if you’re planning to take advantage of public benefits. What Is the SSA? SSA stands for ...
What about those who continue working while collecting Social Security benefits? Social security can be collected starting at Age 62. Beneficiaries under the full retirement age who are still working receive a reduced monthly benefit if they earn more than the annually adjusted threshold. Full re...
Retirement, survivors, and Medicare-only claims include initial OASI claims for retirement or survivor benefits, as well as initial benefit claims in which the applicant files for Medicare but not for Social Security (i.e., Medicare-only claims).72 Initial disability claims are initial claims for...
Since there are varying degrees of uncertainty involved in that (what if I earn more or less than I am earning now? how much longer will I work? when should I start receiving my Social Security benefits?) it is especially handy to be able to use the SSA’s “Retirement Estimator.” ...
When a person works, both the individual and his/her employer contribute to this trust fund and the retirement program, SSDI and Medicare. While generally, we think of an SSDI beneficiary as having a work history, there is a subset of beneficiaries who are elgible on the basis of having...
At the same time, the SSA added the ability to change direct deposit information via their my Social Security Web portal. Shortly thereafter, the agency began receiving complaints that identity thieves were using the portal to hijack the benefits of individuals who had not yet created an account...
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