tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post4741821337215349151..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: U.S. Constitution is Cause for Economic MessBud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-24521224566883763592011-04-14T01:27:05.503-07:002011-04-14T01:27:05.503-07:00Thanks Bud for all of the info...I am sorry I wasn...Thanks Bud for all of the info...I am sorry I wasnt more concise in my post...I have applied for SSD and I was denied twice..my case status is that I requested a hearing...I did apply for Medicaid but am waiting to hear on that ...I have talked to 3 attys.and they have all informed me that they could not take my case since I do not have any recent medical records...SS only sent me to see one doctor...maybe different state to state? I will do more research and keep me posted on your case!! Good luck with everything!!!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08601168972689125872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-91358356152491107432011-04-12T21:25:10.095-07:002011-04-12T21:25:10.095-07:00Susan: Make sure the Social Security office knows ...Susan: Make sure the Social Security office knows you want to apply for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) also - especially if you have no income or assets (over $2,000 I think). The monthly amount is usually lower (capped at $675 a month) but you get the Medicaid health insurance with this. Then if you qualify for the higher monthly amount for regular SS disability (depending on the annual work credits you earned over the years), if you're approved, you'll get the higher money benefit amount (the average is about $1,200 a month I think, but can be as high as $2,600 for the maximum monthly amount.) The SS office will send you to doctors for evaluations only - they sent me to three so far. Because I no longer own a car, the SS office provided a free taxi for me to and from the doctor's office. I received a temporary medical card from my local county social service office (welfare, where I got my food stamps) that says "Pending Medicare" that allowed me to schedule an appointment to see my own doctor for actual treatment. Then I can notify the SS office to have all my medical records from their doctors to forward them to my doctor. After that you have to wait for an approval or rejection notice from the SS office. Most of the time the first application for SS benefits are denied (you'll get a letter), and then you have to file an appeal. That's when you get a lawyer involved (like Binder and Binder). They get 25% up to the maximum amount up to $5,000 (or something like that) out of retroactive proceeds if you're finally approved for SS disability. It starts one month after you first apply for SS benefits. It could take up to a year or longer to finalize. Hope this helps. If I learn more (in my own pending case), I'll post an article with this information included. Hang in their...the Republicans are going after Medicaid in the budget while giving tax breaks to the rich.Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-66303000867397884352011-04-12T20:53:06.392-07:002011-04-12T20:53:06.392-07:00Bud, Everything that you write is all too true.......Bud, Everything that you write is all too true....I am so angry but there is nothing that I can do....our govt. has forsaken all of us...I too am having it difficult to obtain any medical benefits so that I can go forward with SSD...are you having the same problem? The doctor that they sent me too only asked questions about my unemployment and the report she sent to SS intimated that i was only applying for disability due to the fact that I was unemployed..my friend had the same experience.....I think that this is another way of denying us a way to live..any thoughts? SusanSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08601168972689125872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-33314959363356838462011-04-12T16:22:23.171-07:002011-04-12T16:22:23.171-07:00Yeah, apply!Yeah, apply!Debbie Pnoreply@blogger.com