I think you have a 9 month trial period where you can make as much as you want.
Then after that you can only make 1600 some or less per month.
Can anyone confirm this?
I would really hate to fail at this job and then lose my benefits, and worst of all, medicare.
Anyone understand the rules?
The above are the rules based on my understanding.
I have been trying to get ahold of soc. sec to ask questions and report my new income, but its like pulling teeth trying to get through right now.
I was working with a Ticket to Work program. You are correct about the trial work period being 9 months. A month only counts if you make over $1160. After that, $1620 is the limit after the trial work period. BUT you can potentially trigger a review of your benefits if you go over $1620 for 9 months because the SSA doesn’t know that you plan to make less, and seeing that you can make more for that length of time is essentially the evidence you are presenting your case with. So be careful there. I also spoke to a disability lawyer who told me they recommend that clients be careful about anything over $1k. I don’t know if she was just being cautious or what because it’s so far off the $1620 limit… As for contacting the SSA, I’d recommend you find your local SSA’s phone number. My local office actually answers their phones, unlike at the national level. They may be able to guide you or get you more information.
Oh, you may have to do some digging to find the local number. Usually, if you just look it up by location, the national SSA phone number shows up. At least it did for me.
Thanks @Happy_H . I should only be making a significant amount of money for 3 weeks, then I should drop down to 19 hours or less. The 3 weeks is basically a training period. Is the 9 months automatic with SSDI or do you need to apply for the program?
The SSA’s website has info on Ticket to Work. It was amazingly straightforward to find, and they have good info. You have to contact the social security office and report all income. Ticket to Work was helping with things like submitting my pay stubs, etc.
Ok. thank you. I will continue to try to contact them.
Good luck. Sorry I don’t know anything about medical benefits. I didn’t pay much attention as I get insurance through hubby and only have Part A (hospital) benefits because it’s required.
I didn’t even mess with signing up for their ticket to work. I don’t even know what that is tbh. I just kept working part time. I stay under the SGA which is $1620 rn I believe. If I go over that one month, I lose one month from the 9 month trial period, regardless of if they’re consecutive months or not . That is 9 months in 5 years. Ive only gone over once in my 4 years of being on SSDI, and before that only once at all.
Thanks @Moon
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