What is the difference between Social Security Disability (SSD) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI)?
Social Security Disability(SSD) is for workers who have earned sufficient credits to qualify. The social security administration will advise you if you have earned sufficient credits to qualify. Then you have to prove that you are permanently and totally disabled. SSI is for people who have not earned enough credits to qualify for SSD. You have to prove that you are on the poverty level and prove that you are totally and permanently disabled to qualify for SSI.
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