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Today, I’m going to provide some tips for people who are considering filing for Social Security disability benefits. About two years ago, I ran a column similar to this one. Because I get so many questions about this issue, I decided it was time to dust it off and update it. But first, I need to provide some general information about the disability program. Disability benefits were added to the Social Security program in 1956. A separate funding structure was established to pay for them. A small percentage of the Social Security payroll tax (currently 0.9 percent) is earmarked to fund the disability program. Those monies are collected and disbursed from the Disability Insurance Trust Fund that is managed separately from the retirement fund, known as the Old Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund. Many people mistakenly confuse Social Security disability with Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability. They are totally different government programs. SSI, which began in 1973, is a welfare benefit payable to people with low income and assets. It is funded by general income tax revenues, not Social Security taxes. Both programs just happen to be run by the same agency: the Social Security Administration. It doesn’t help that SSA refers to one as Social Security disability insurance and to the other as Supplemental Security Income disability! For both programs, the law defines disability this way: It says that in order to qualify for benefits, you must have an impairment that is so severe that it is expected to keep you from doing ANY kind of work for at least 12 months. Or the condition must be so bad that it is considered terminal. Throughout the insurance and pension industry, that is known as a very strict definition of disability. Despite all the rumors that exist about deadbeats and fakers on the Social Security disability dole, the opposite is more often the case: There are lots of people who would be considered disabled and eligible for many other government and private disability plans who do not qualify for Social Security disability payments. Eligibility for Social Security is also restricted because of the work and tax-paying requirement. As a general rule, a person must have worked and paid Social Security taxes for at least 10 years to qualify for Social Security disability. And some of that work must be recent. The law specifically says you must have worked and paid taxes in five of the last 10 years. (Those work and tax-paying rules are less stringent for younger workers who become disabled.) If you don’t meet this insured status requirement, meaning you haven’t worked and paid taxes long enough to qualify for Social Security, you might be eligible for SSI disability benefits if you are poor. How poor you need to be varies from state to state. And one final quick background point: If you are over 66, you are not eligible for disability benefits. Or to put that another way, once you reach that age, there would be no difference between a Social SecuFor more teasers log benefit. on to rity disability payment and a retirement www.TriviaGuy.com So if you have an impairment that keeps you from working and you meet the insured status require-

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Did you see the headlines? Researchers now conclude that taking calcium and vitamin D-3 supplements are ineffective for preventing fractures. It was only recently that they were claiming DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have had scijust the opposite. atica for two and a half months. Even though I This research came from the U.S. Pream better than at I was first, I am taking forever ventive Services Task Force. It now says there is to fully recover. I have had chiropractic treat“insufficient evidence” to keep supporting calcium ments and physiotherapy. and vitamin D-3 supplements as a way to avoid My doctor tells me it will go away on its fractures in pre- and post-menopausal women and Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer indiown. Books that I have read say that most re- in men. The same goes for using supplements cover in six weeks. It’s going on three months vidual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column when- greater than 400 IU of vitamin D-3 and greater than ever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form for me. of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 1,000 mg of calcium. I also had vasculitis (Henoch-Schonlein 32853-6475. While the task force says the supplements purpura). I haven’t experienced any symptoms don’t prevent fractures, it does think doctors should for a couple of years. I have been feeling nau- (c) 2013 North America Synd., Inc. start screening for vitamin D deficiency. It also conseated and have had loose BMs and the odd All Rights Reserved cedes that there appears to be “minimal harm” in stomachache. A red spot appeared on my leg TUES., MAR. 15 taking calcium and vitamin D in low doses, and that a few days ago. Do you think the vasculitis is they are necessary for good bone health. Please review carefully. 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