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• How Much Work Time Is Needed to Qualify for Disability Benefits

  Social Security's online Disability Planner takes you step-by-step in learning how to qualify and apply for benefits. Find out about the number of credits needed based on the age when you became disabled.

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• Benefit Eligibility Screening Tool (BEST)

  This tool screens for eligibility for Medicare, Social Security Disability, Social Security Retirement, Social Security Survivors, Special Veterans and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits.

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• Disability & Supplemental Security Income (SSI): Qualify & Apply

  Describes who qualifies for SSI disability benefits and how to apply.

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• Medicaid: Frequently Asked Questions

  Provides answers to questions about Medicaid, including what it is, whether it is free, what services are available, who is eligible, whether you will qualify for Medicaid if you receive Supplemental Security Income or Social Security Disability Income, whether you will lose Medicaid if you get a job and what if you are denied Medicaid.

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• Social Security Benefits for People Who Are Blind or Have Low Vision

  Information about disability benefits that are available to you if you are blind or have low vision and can’t work. You may be able to get disability benefits even if you are not legally blind. Social Security also has work incentives that can help you go back to work and still receive benefits. This link opens a PDF document.

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• Medicaid & Other Health Insurance Options

  Explains what the Medicaid program is, who may be eligible for it, what it covers and how to apply for it. To learn more about your state Medicaid program and other insurance options use the insurance and coverage finder.

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• How Living Arrangements Can Affect Your Supplementary Security Income (SSI)

  Where you live and who pays your living expenses will determine how much your SSI payment will be. If you live in someone else's house and don't pay for food or rent your SSI payments may be reduced. If you are homeless, you can receive SSI and may be able to get subsidized housing too.

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• Comparison of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) & Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Programs

  Social Security’s 2011 Redbook compares the SSDI and SSI disability programs by eligibility requirements, health insurance each provides, state supplemental payments if any, and formulas for determining the monthly payment amount. Also provides information about what Social Security means by "disability." 

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• Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Benefits Fact Sheet

  Fact sheet on SSDI from the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law. Find out about the income and disability requirements to receive SSDI, and what benefits are available for children with disabilities. This link opens a PDF document.

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• Worker Disability: A Growing Risk to Retirement Security

  Report documents traditional sources of support for workers with disabilities have lessened even as the risk of disability has risen. This link opens a PDF document.

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