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Earnings-Related Incentives What are earned income exclusions for persons on SSI? What is the student earned income exclusion? What is the earned income exclusion that applies to all others on SSI? What are blind working expenses? What is a Plan for Achieving Self–Support (PASS plan)? How does a PASS plan affect my SSI benefit? How…
Earnings-Related Incentives What is a trial work period? What is the extended period of eligibility? Health Coverage Incentives Can someone on SSDI continue Medicare coverage when they return to work? Can people with disabilities who work buy into Medicare once their eight and a half years of premium-free coverage runs out? Will people with disabilities…
Training and Rehabilitation Incentives What are continued payments under a vocational rehabilitation program? What is the Ticket to Work? Earnings-Related Incentives What is meant by the substantial gainful activity (SGA) limit? What are impairment-related work expenses (IRWEs)? What are “subsidies and special conditions”? What are unincurred business expenses? What are unsuccessful work attempts? What is…
Can a person with a disability on Medicare and/or Medicaid be employed? Do all work incentives apply to everyone on SSDI and SSI? Editors’ Note: The information presented in this Section regarding SSDI and SSI work incentives is adapted or reprinted from material from the Social Security Administration’s 2004 Red Book, available online at http://www.ssa.gov/work/ResourcesToolkit/redbook.html.
Congress created Medicare and Medicaid in 1965 to provide health coverage to two fairly distinct groups of Americans: workers who reach age 65 (that is, senior citizens) and certain groups of low-income people. While much has remained constant in Medicare and Medicaid in the past 40 years, both programs have evolved significantly.
Supplemental Medicaid Coverage for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries How does an individual become a dual eligible? How are dual eligibles different from other Medicare beneficiaries? What does it mean to be a primary and/or secondary payor? In 2003, Congress enacted a Medicare reform law that included a prescription drug benefit.
Back to the Top What does it mean to be “medically needy”? Thirty-five states plus the District of Columbia operate medically needy programs. The medically needy option allows states to provide Medicaid to certain groups of individuals who are ineligible because of excess income, but who have high medical expenses.
The Effects of Electronic Media on Children Ages Zero to Six: A History of Research -- Issue Brief This issue brief explores the history of research about the effects of electronic media on children zero to six years old (including the funding sources), summarizes the findings of the seminal studies in this area, and notes…
Improving your Website: Principles of Good Web Design Presentation for Families USA Conference, January 2005 (PPT)…
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