I don't believe you.
https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/currentpay.cgi
8.475 million! Dang! Proved you wrong.
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
It also pays very little, the average payment is about $1230 a month it seems, maybe less, although it is on one's Social Security information. So yea I can see not wanting to quit a job for that.
Trees don't grow on money
APN, yes it’s based on your earnings and is often not enough to live on. If you are terminal or blind you will qualify the first time you apply.
I think SSDI ought to pay a lot more. And there should be fewer barriers to getting it!
The person I knew who qualified (after three years and hiring an attorney) had crippling osteoarthritis. bipolar disorder, and a constellation of other problems. Since they couldn't work, they got much less "back pay" than they would have had they been able to.
Jane, if you obtain SSDI after being denied they have to back pay you the amount you would have gotten had you initially been approved. They don’t back pay your actual wages.
That's why I put back pay in quotes. I don't remember the particulars, only that they didn't get the money they were expecting because they hadn't been able to work. If they had gotten SSDI when they first applied, they would have, but because of the lengthy delay, they spent down much of their savings. Thankfully, they had some.
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