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It looks like the new Social Security Commissioner, Martin O’Malley, is really taking charge. A number of changes have been implemented in the several weeks Commissioner O’Malley has been on the job. Among the most meaningful is decreasing the default overpayment withholding rate to 10% (or $10, whichever is greater) from 100%. This will significantly…
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Social Security uses what is called the “fee agreement process” to pay representatives who help Claimants. For those signing an appropriate fee agreement Social Security will approve the agreement and pay the representative up to 25% of a retroactive fee. Since November 2022 that retroactive fee could not exceed $7,200. Sometime this fall the cap…
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Summer 2021 Newsletter STILL STANDING…AND PRACTICING I published the first issue of Social Security & You in Spring of 1993. Some years I’ve published more issues than others. The most recent issue was dated Spring 2019: over 2 years ago. The world was a much different place then. Especially for me. Read the full newsletter…
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Spring 2019 Newsletter An Opioid Story I’ve changed his name. Let’s call him Gerald. He was a laborer. And by that I don’t mean that he just did physical work. He was a card-carrying member the Labor’s Union local. And that meant a lot to him. I represented him for Social Security disability and Michigan…
4+ years ago
Michigan Supplemental Security Lawyer & SDI Lawyer Services
Michigan Supplemental Security Income – SSI Lawyer
In addition to Retirement, Survivors & Disability Insurance benefits (RSDI), which are based upon earnings and Social Security tax payments, the Social Security Administration (SSA) administrates the Supplemental Security Income program (SSI).
SSI is a need based program. It is not based upon the Claimant’s earnings. An individual SSI Claimant must have less than $2,000 in non-exempt assets. Exempt assets are a home, a vehicle, plus ordinary household and personal items. Anything more than that will disqualify a Claimant. The limit for a couple is $3,000.
SSI is also available to disabled children under 18 if the asset and income tests are met.
In addition, there is an income test. The SSI benefit amount for 2020 is $783 for an individual and $1,566 for a couple. A Claimant loses $1 in benefits for each $2 earned. So if a Claimant earns $1,542 the benefit disappears.
SSI beneficiaries are not eligible for Medicare. They are usually eligible for Medicaid and should be eligible for subsidies under the Affordable Health Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare
Call today if you have questions about the Michigan Social Security Disability Attorney and Lawyer Services provided by William Crawforth.
To schedule an appointment call 800-864-1244 or fill out the contact form at the top of this page.
