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Changes in SSI & SSDI for
2008
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If you receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social
Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits, you
know that the amount you receive each year changes
due to annual cost-of living increases. Below is a
list of all the dollar figures that have changed for
2008. You should check each year for changes, not only
because of cost-of-living increases, but because federal
legislation may impact Social Security policy. Most,
if not all, changes that occur in policy or procedure
can be obtained from the Social Security website, www.ssa.gov,
or from your local Social Security office or state
Medicaid agency. Following are the 2008 federal benefit
levels. |
| Description |
2008
Figures |
| SSI-Federal Benefit
Rate (FBR) |
$637/mo. |
| SSI Amounts
for Selected SSI Living Situations
The Federal Benefit Rate (FBR) will be the same for all
states and will increase yearly.
*If a state supplements the Federal Benefit Rate (FBR),
there will be one or several other benefit amounts.
Check yearly with your state Medicaid Agency.
|
Independent/Sharing
FBR |
$637/mo. |
| Household of Another
(1/3 reduction) |
$424.67/mo. |
| Couples FBR |
$956/mo. |
| Couples, Household
of Another |
$637/mo. |
| Medicaid Institution |
$30.00/mo. |
| SSI Resource Limits |
$2,000
$3,000/ Couple |
| Medicare Premium Cost/monthly |
$96.40/mo.*(*more for higher incomes) |
| SSI
Work Related Amounts |
| SSI Student Earned
Income Exclusion (SEIE) |
$1550/mo.
up to
$6,240/year |
| SSDI Trial Work Period
(TWP) gross earnings/mo. |
$670.00 |
| SGA for Non-Blind (gross
earnings/mo.) |
$940.00 |
| SGA for Blind (gross
earnings/mo.) |
$1,570.00 |
| SGA for Self-employment
(hours per month) |
40 hours and/or $940 |
| Federal Poverty Level
for one person (changes in April/May each year) |
$866.67/mo $10,400/year
in 48 contiguous states & D.C.;
$13,000/yr in Alaska;
$11,960/yr in Hawaii |
| Federal Poverty Rate
for family of 4 |
$21,200/yr
$26,500 - Alaska
$24,380 - Hawaii |
| Alphabet Soup—A Survival
Portion |
AC Appeals
Council
ALJ Administrative Law Judge
BWE Blind Work Expense
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
DAC Disabled Adult Child
DDS Disability Determination
Service
DHU Disability Hearing Unit
DO District Office
EPE Extended Period of Eligibility
ESR Employment Support Representative
FBR Federal Benefit Rate
IRWE Impairment Related Work
Expense
OASDI Old Age, Survivors,
Disability Insurance (aka)
RSHDI Retirement, Survivors,
Health, and Disability Insurance (either OASDI or RSHDI may
be used to indicate the Title II programs that include SSDI) |
OHA Office
of Hearings and Appeals
OP Overpayment
PASS Plan for Achieving Self
Support
PESS Property Essential for
Self Support
POMS Program Operations Manual
System
RMA Retrospective Monthly
Accounting
SEIE Student Earned Income
Exclusion
SGA Substantial Gainful Activity
SSA Social Security Administration
SSDI Social Security Disability
Insurance
SSI Supplemental Security
Income
SSN Social Security Number
TWWIIA Ticket to Work and
Work Incentives Improvement Act
TWP Trial Work Period
VR Vocational Rehabilitation
This Rural Factsheet was written by Marsha Katz
© The Rural Institute 2008
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To apply for Social Security benefits, contact your local
Social Security office or call 1-800-772-1213. The Social Security Administration
has a large selection of informational brochures that
explain benefits in detail. You may access this information
through SSA’s website at http://www.ssa.gov |
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