Senator Sherrod Brown from Ohio has reacted unhappily to a new rule in the House of Representatives that will make it more difficult to transfer funds between the government's Social Security retirement account and the Social Security disability account. Brown, along...
Qualifying For SSD/SSI Benefits
What’s the difference between workers’ compensation SSD benefits?
Ohio residents may be aware that people who have been injured, and, due to the severity of their conditions, cannot work, may be eligible to receive certain government benefits. There are a few programs geared to ensuring that those who are too disabled to work have...
Medicaid expansion may be behind decreasing SSI applications
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, sometimes called "Obamacare," expands the categories of people eligible to receive Medicaid. Medicaid is the government's free insurance system that is meant to be utilized by those individuals who are not provided...
Ohio veterans have different SSD benefit eligibility rules
The federal Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report recently showing than a number of military veterans receive military retirement benefits, as well as veteran's and social security disability (SSD) payments. The report put the number of so-called...
What information do I need to apply for SSD in Ohio?
Being disabled and unable to work is difficult enough for most Ohioans. Then, to receive benefits from the federal Social Security Administration (SSA), you have to fill out an application with all the correct information needed to ensure you meet the requirements for...
What rights do I have when I apply for SSI?
Residents of Ohio, like residents of any other U.S. state have certain rights to benefits from the federal government, if they meet the requirements set out in federal regulations and statutes. One of those benefits programs is the Supplemental Security Income, also...
What is the difference between SSD and SSI benefits?
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSD) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) are two programs that may help struggling Ohio residents. While they have similar-sounding acronyms, and are both meant to help people who can't work, there are some important...
Tax-free savings account for disabled has support in Congress
A disability creates many additional challenges for those who are disabled and their families. They may leave a person unable to earn a living, forcing them to rely on programs like Social Security disability insurance (SSDI).It may mean they can no longer drive a car...
SSA needs more tools to deal with representative payee fraud
Many of those who qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSD) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) suffer from mental impairments that might prevent their being able to properly handle their money. In these cases, the Social Security Administration (SSA)...
Funding, not unemployed, SSDI’s main problem
It almost seems intuitive. If you were a worker in Ohio and you lost your job in the last few years, and obtained unemployment insurance, what might you do when your unemployment was exhausted? With jobs in the Columbus area still hard to come by, maybe you would look...