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Employment and Benefits in 2007 - Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, and SSI
Seminar Description
This is a basic training seminar. It focuses on the key points of title II benefits (aka: Social Security, SSDI, SSDAC) and title XVI benefits (SSI). Many people do not understand how wages, unearned income, and resources effect medical benefits and continuing entitlement to Social Security benefits and/or eligibility for SSI benefits. Thus, time is spent on understanding how the benefit is effected by income. Our focus is in demonstrating how a beneficiary can make an informed choice of earning significant income and still qualify for medical benefits and cash benefits, rather than the commonly held perception that people must limit their income to protect their benefits.
Imagine a SSDI beneficiary going to work in January 2007 with a monthly salary of $3,000. Assuming the person never medically improves, anytime between January 2007 and the end of September 2015, if the person must leave employment because of the impairment, she/he will be entitled to the cash benefit and Medicare immediately. She/he will receive the cash benefit provisionally for six months while the SSA reviews the medical condition. If the person has not medically improved, the cash benefit will be reinstated after the provisional period.
During the seminar all commonly-used work incentives are covered, with multiple examples. Mike encourages the audience to ask questions to clarify their under- standing of the use of each work incentive. He illustrates how people can protect their entitlement to benefits by maximizing their income and properly reducing the amount of income the SSA counts.
Throughout the seminar, the eligibility for the appropriate medical benefits is emphasized to illustrate the impact of wages on Medicare and/or Medicaid. In the appropriate states (27 states), eligibility for the "Medicaid Buy-in" program is dis- cussed as many of the audience are not familiar with this new form of Medicaid for working disabled individuals and the state-specific qualifications.
The basic workshop covers:
THE STRUCTURE OF BENEFIT PROGRAMS
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME The process of SSI: Eligibility to Termination SSI WORK INCENTIVES Student Earned Income Exclusion Impairment-Related Work Expenses Plan for Achieving Self-Support 1619(b) ELIGIBILITY (MEDICAID) EXPEDITED REINSTATEMENT OF BENEFITS
SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE The process of SSDI: Eligibility to Termination SSDI WORK INCENTIVES Subsidy Impairment-Related Work Expenses MEDICARE EXTENDED MEDICARE ELIGIBILITY EXPEDITED REINSTATEMENT OF BENEFITS
TICKET TO WORK PROGRAM
WORKING DISABLED MEDICAID (if appropriate for the state) Return to Workshop Information page. |
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