What is the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program?
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is wage replacement income for individuals who have paid FICA taxes that meet Social Security’s rules for disability. SSDI is financed with Social Security taxes paid by workers, employers, and self-employed persons. SSDI provides a variety of benefits to family members when a primary wage earner becomes disabled or dies. SSDI benefits are payable to disabled workers, widows, widowers, and children or adults disabled since childhood who are otherwise eligible.
