What is the difference between Social Security Disability (SSD) and Supplimental Security Insurance (SSI)?
The difference between Social Security Disability (SSD) and Supplemental Security Insurance (SSI) can be confusing. Both programs are administered by the Social Security Administration. However, they differ markedly in numerous ways. Social Security Disability Insurance is a program that workers, employers, and the self-employed pay for with their social security taxes. The benefits that you might receive under Social Security Disability is based upon your work history and the contributions that you have made to the fund. The Social Security Administration divides the years into quarters and you have to have worked in twenty (20) of the last forty (40) quarters and have contributed to the fund in order to qualify. Employment which is paid for in cash and from which social security deductions are not made and in kind payments are not counted. Assuming that your work history and your earnings are sufficient to qualify you, it is next necessary for you to be deemed disabled in order to qu
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