When Your Benefits Start 
If your application is approved , your first Social Security benefit will be paid for the sixth full month after the date we find that your disability began. For example , if your disability began on June 15 , 2018 , your first benefit would be paid for the month of December 2018, the sixth full month of disability. Social Security benefits are paid in the month following the month for which they're due. This means that the benefit due for December would be paid to you in January 2019, and so on. 

How Much You Will Receive 
The amount of your monthly disability benefit is based on your lifetime average earnings covered by Social Security. If you don't already have an estimate , you can get your online with your personal my Social Security account or use our Benefit Calculators to determine how much you would get if you became disabled right now. 

Other Payments May Affect Your Disability Benefits 
If you receive certain other government benefits, such as workers' compensation, public disability benefits, or pensions based on work not covered by Social Security for example, some government or foreign employment, the Social Security benefits payable to you and your family may be reduced. For more information about how these benefits can affect your Social Security payments , refer to the following publications : How Workers' Compensation And Other Disability Payments May Affect Your Benefit ; Windfall Elimination Provision ; or Government Pension Offset. Related Information Income Taxes And Your Social Security Benefits. 

Medicare Coverage If You're Disabled 
We automatically enroll you in Medicare after you get disability benefits for two years. The two parts of Medicare we enroll you in are hospital insurance and medical insurance. Hospital insurance Part A helps pay for inpatient hospital bills and some follow - up care. The taxes you paid while you were working financed this coverage , so it is provided at no cost to you. Medical ins

user: I'm looking to see if there is help with my premiums

assistant: Are you low-income and on Medicare?

user: I am considered low income and I am on Medicare

assistant: Yes, you may be able to receive help. your state may pay your Medicare premiums and, maybe other Medicare costs that you are normally responsible for such as deductibles and coinsurance .

user: what about medicare part plans A and B and services received?

assistant: People with Medicare Parts A and Part B can choose to receive all of their health care services through plans that are offered by private companies and approved by Medicare . If you need more info you can read Medicare's page.

user: and benefits are paid after they are due ? what is this about?

assistant: Social Security benefits are paid in the month following the month for which they are due .This means that the benefit due for December would be paid to you in January 2019 , and so on .

user: Okay, and why was I enrolled in medicare by you guys? is that normal?

assistant: Yes, we automatically enroll you in Medicare after you get disability benefits for two years. The two parts of Medicare we enroll you in are hospital insurance and medical insurance .

user: sounds great.  Is there other info out there I can look into?

assistant: yes, we have publications on Disability Benefits; What You Need To Know When You Get Social Security Disability Benefits; and Other Disability Publications