Talk:Social Security Disability Insurance

message: This is a very good article
I would like to add a sentence to the 7th point under the Differences between SSDI and Long Term Disability Insurance section.
The 7th point reads:  Social Security will provide a person opportunities to return to work while still paying them disability benefits.
The point is true, however, I believe it should also be mentioned that if a person receiving SSDI does indeed return to work, and is eventually discontinued from SSDI status, they will not only lose their disability payment, they will also lose their health insurance coverage (Medicare).
Baldster 00:35, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addition to section.... 

message: I don't believe you understood exactly what I was proposing for the SSDI page.  I'm not interested in when, how, or why people are terminated from the disability roles, and what the thresholds are for such termination.  All I wanted to add was the fact that when people are terminated from SSDI, they will lose their health insurance (Medicare).
Baldster 04:21, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Termination of Medicare 

message: I'd like to add a link to a Survivorship A to Z article on SSDI - the article is here. The article provides additional information and resources for people dealing with (or preparing to deal with) SSDI issues.  I'm proposing it here because I do contract work for Survivorship A to Z.  What do you think?
Prestonmarkstone (talk) 16:12, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link Proposal 

message: On December 31st, 2009, a user made some drastic edits to the chart in the "Likelihood of receiving benefits" section, as well as some other changes that indicated frustration with the SSDI process. The numbers in the chart were referenced with a link that is now dead, so it is unclear whether they were ever accurate, but the user certainly did not provide any references for the changes. Does anyone have a reliable source for accurate numbers? The websites of attorneys, non-attorney advocates, and people who have a beef with the SSA would presumably not be considered reliable sources.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.231.6.65 (talk) 22:18, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:   Likelihood of receiving benefits 

message: The article states that there are annual cost of living increases for those on SSDI.  They are not guaranteed.  There were no increases in 2009 or 2010 because there was no increase in the cost of living.GraysonEG (talk) 03:22, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cost of living increases with Social Security Disability Insurance 

message: http://apps.npr.org/unfit-for-work/ EllenCT (talk) 19:26, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPR Planet Money / This American Life report 

message: I know that an editor has included a link to the original Social Security Act.  But according to a 60 minutes interview, US Sen. Tom Coburn said that SSDI was not enacted until sometime in the Eisenhower Presidency.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jtekHrfq3w  ???  According to Coburn, the program was meant for people that couldn't do ANY kind of work due to a disability.  Coburn has also stated that it is being "gamed" by lawyers to use it for a long-term unemployment program.  Is he correct???User:JCHeverly 18:07, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Could we get something about the legislation??? 

message: Even if the text was copied from a government site verbatim, shouldn't that be OK? I thought there was no copyright on government documents. Martijn Meijering (talk) 13:22, 16 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I deleted the tag because (a) the comparison was to Social Security's own website (a U.S. government work, thus public domain), and (b) the report generated by that tag found matches ONLY on technical terms (SSDI, SSI, SSA, etc.) that are necessary in this type of article.  It is clearly NOT a copy-paste job.  --RBBrittain (talk) 03:19, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copy paste tag 

message: what about some info about getting off disability and income limits? Michael Ten (talk) 07:06, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  getting off disability 

message: Working while on SSDI 2603:3005:1536:41C0:4C7E:57D6:B162:53B2 (talk) 15:46, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Working while on SSDI What are the terms on what you can make monthly 

message: Working SSDI 2603:3005:1536:41C0:4C7E:57D6:B162:53B2 (talk) 15:48, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Working SSDI 

message: How do I change my address and direct deposit 100.14.7.124 (talk) 17:11, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Change of address 

message: I am on SSDI and my children were approved to receive  auxiliary benefits. They received back pay checks in the mail. What can the back pay checks be used for? Can I use it to pay off a vehicle and credit card debt that was gained due to not enough income before approval? I e had to use credit cards to make bill payments. 142.215.114.17 (talk) 18:01, 8 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Auxiliary Back pay usage 

message: A recent Washington Post article (unpaywalled copy available here) is critical of the Social Security administration's use of a 1970s vintage database of obsolete job descriptions to unreasonably deny applicants for disability payments. It further criticizes the authority for wasting money and time in fruitless efforts to update the database. I'm not quite sure where to place this information in the article. It may be a good idea to watch relevant media to see if the news story shows any further development. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:45, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism of unjustified denials based on obsolete database.