About disability benefits, and how they might stop
There are really two separate Federal disability programs - Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), which is a Federal benefit earned by workers, and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), which is a means-tested program program, coordinated with your State, for those who are disabled and have few assets and very low income. It’s important to understand the difference between the two programs, and to understand how and why those benefits might be stopped. And SSDI’s rules for stopping benefits differ from SSI’s rules, as described in this Motley Fool article by Christy Bieber. Click here to read more.
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