SSDI
You pay for SSDI with your Social Security taxes when you work. The amount of your monthly benefits depends on how much you earned when you were working. You also will qualify for Medicare after you have been getting SSDI benefits for 24 months. Medicare helps pay for hospital and hospice care, lab tests, home health care, and other medical services. For more information see our brochure called Medicare (Publication No. 05-10043).
What They Mean By Disabled
To be disabled the Social Security office requires that you have a medical condition that is expected to last at least a year or end in death, and is serious enough to prevent you from doing substantial work. Monthly earning of $500 or more are considered an indication of substantial work. If you can no longer work and your medical records show that the problems you are having are severe enough, the chances are very good that you will be found disabled.
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