For Most of our Working Lives, a Good Portion of Our Paychecks Goes to Paying for our Social Security. Hence, It is Important to Know What Benefits are Actually Available to Us When We Need It.
Most people are aware that Social Security may be available to us if we become disabled and unable to work or function. However, many of us are unaware that the Social Security Administration (SSA) offers several kinds of financial and health care benefits that protect the disabled person as well as his surviving family members.
Retirement benefits are available to those who have paid enough Social Security taxes through income withholding. To calculate how much benefits you would receive, use the Retirement Estimator created by the SSA.
Survivor's benefits are payable to the direct relatives of deceased workers if they have paid enough money into Social Security. This includes the widow,child, and dependent parents of the deceased victim.
Disability insurance benefits, also called SSDI, may be payable to a person who has worked at lest 5 out of the last 10 years and is now unable to do any work for at least 12 months because of a severe medical condition.
Supplemental Security Income is a need-based program that offers benefits to those who do not quality for SSDI because they do not enough have past work.
Disability insurance is what most people thing of when they hear Social Security benefits. As long as you pay your premium to Social Security, you stay insured to receive benefits. Once you stop paying taxes or working, your coverage will eventually end (typically within 5 years after you stop working). To get disability benefits, you must probe that you were disabled before your insurance lapsed.
Find an Experienced Social Security Attorney
Filing for Social Security is no easy task and most people are denied in the initial process.
At the Jurewitz Law Group, our lawyers are experienced and have successfully prosecuted the interests of our clients in order to get you the money you need from the Social Security. If you or a loved one has been denied your Social Security benefits, please call our law office at 888-233-5020 for a free consultation.
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