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Originally Posted by mac9
The majority of the welfare recipients that are disabled and receiving federal benefits receive it through the Supplemental Security Income Program(SSI) which is NOT funded by Social Security. It is essentially a federal welfare program for the disabled who do not have the required coverage from having paid into the Social Security(SSA) System. It is administered through SSA but has a different funding source. None of the SSA insurance funds are used for the SSI program. Contrary to popular belief, being an addict or an alcoholic does not qualify you for the program. You must have other physical or mental problems in order to be eligible.
I know that this information is going to cause a hullabaloo, but I just wanted the information disseminated that the SSI and SSA programs are two distinctly different programs.
When you receive SSA disability, you become eligible for Medicare after 24 months. With the SSI program, you qualify for Medicaid, NOT Medicare, again from a different funding source.
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For the sake of the argument I'm assuming that you are right. If I can figure out how to change the title of the post to "SSI the new Welfare" I will. But, I will keep my stance on saying that S.S.A. reform is necessary. The money from a "different funding source" (our tax money. which already floats the SSI system) could be redirected toward making our SSA system more equitable for our elderly. This is still SSA reform because it increases the funding source.
Simply Susan stated that all the drug/alcohol people she knows want to get onto the SSI/SSA (whichever fits) and very often do, buy what I say is that, "The former welfare people have gone to see a Doctor/Lawyer combination that tells them how to fake the system into believing that they are disabled". All but one person that I know personally, and am speaking about, used the mental incapacity route to a lifetime check from the government.
Oh did I mention that ALL these people are related through marriage? Do you think that some information might have been shared amongst them?
