2017 Social Security Administration Financial Adjustments

i'd like to know if SSD pays more if the status of my disability has changed. I was given SSD for my severe back pain and arthritis, and I now have COPD, is this a condition that would be considered more money? I just had COPD exacerbation. it's very rough trying to get a breath of air.

I've been paying into my SS since I was 15 years old. I'm now 57 and can't even afford my living expenses. I have several disabilities and can not work. I'm in pain 24 hours a day. I've been through way too many tests, surgeries, medications and physical therapy. I have difficulty breathing and it's a daily struggle just to walk. It's painful just to be touched. The only thing that gives me any relief what so ever is my pain medication. And now the government is trying to take that away. Every month my doctor decreases the amount of pills that I need to help ease the pain. He's forced by the government to wean me off of it. Which I feel is inhuman. Since I first started receiving my disability benefits I've lost my vision in one eye due to a cornea transplant. The last cornea that I received was infected with a disease. My monthly SSDI benefits are so low that I also receive SSI just to bring the balance up to $700 dollars a month.But by receiving that $45 dollar SSI check my EBT was cut down by $89 dollars a month. How is that fare? It doesn't add up at all. You would think that due to the loss of my eye site that my benefits would have increased instead of decreasing. It's like I'm being punished for going blind. The system is not fair to the elderly and disabled who have worked hard all of our lives only to be treated as outcast in our golden years. I know three women that have hardly worked at all. One that has never worked an honest day in her life. However she's able to work and is nowhere close to being as bad off as myself and others are. Yet she receives almost double the amount of benefits as myself, and she gets more pain medication a month than I do because of her drug addiction. Why does she even get pain medication with an addiction? I've known her since she was a kid and I know her story. In my opinion people should be drug tested before receiving any benefits. If they test positive for drugs they should be given a choice. Either they go to rehab for free and recover. Or they are denied benefits. That would solve a big problem in this country. Also if on pain meds. A daily record should be logged in writing of how many pills a day are administered. Then every month when you see the doctor for a refill you should be drug tested to ensure that they are taking the meds themselves and not selling them for profit. If any illegal drug is found in the test then all benefits and pain meds should be cut off. This would insure that the people who really need the benefits and medication are receiving it, and the ones that are abusing the system are cut off. Just think about how much money our government would save by this simple plan.

My wife just applied for SS, she is getting $850 . He daughter 37 years young with downs syndrome, has been on SASsince she was 22. Before I even new her. Anyway they said her daughters SS needed adjusted. Just got letter saying its going down to $522. Don't understand it..

I feel for the people that can't get Social Security and they were denied but listen to what I go through being on SSD it is not a cakewalk for me I have the maximum payment due to work credit I am not lazy I rather earn my keep I keep my manhood instead of waiting for a monthly check I fell ill of my health and had major surgery everybody thinks Social Security is the way to go they are so wrong I make the maximum payment I cannot get insurance coverage I have to pay for extra coverage I pay for a lot of other things in my life I wind up with zero money at the end of the month and I still need more money I am struggling being on SSD I am still poor good luck to everyone

Why all of a sudden my disability check dropped from 807. a month to 673.???
With this little income, I now have to pay 134. a month for my Medicare? When I didn’t pay that at all before

recently I applied for Social Security Benefits. I was not aware that my son who is diagnose "Medically Fragile" (can't talk-walk-feed himself) would lose his medicaid. I found out this after I applied. He was diagnose with Muscular Dystrophy since his 10th birthday. I was force/coerce to stop my Benefits. It makes me angry that I cannot apply for SS benefits because if i do my son's Medicaid is take away from him. I would like to know Who is knowledgeable enough to answer this question. The local SS office does not want to see me anymore let alone answer my questions. sure could use help.

Hello,
In 2015 I was in an accident that caused me to have both of my legs amputated. I started getting disability payments around 5 months after my accident these payments were around 580 and now have gone up to 600. I have yet to be approved for any type of housing help. While I know that just because I'm disabled doesn't mean I am automatically entitle to getting assistance, I was wondering if there were any housing assistance vouchers through SSDI. Also, is SSDI based on previous wages? Previous to my accident I had been working as a cocktail waitress making the amount that I get monthly through SSDI in a 2 day period, so as you can probably imagine the decrease in funds has caused chaos in my life on top of the unexpected loss of my lower limbs. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Yes I have carpal tunnel in both my hands my fingers stay numb I'm on disability already, a friend of mine had surgery done he said ss
Gave him a one time pain and suffering check is this true?

A girlfriend of mine haa been asking this and I thought to ask.... If someone files for taxes while under ssi and they are requested/required to pay Overpayments how much would it be total? The person files for $18k for the year, last year was $16k for the year.... This all being for housekeeping to help with bills and holiday expenses.... What would they be required to pay... Possible lump sum for the overpayment?...

I am a man that has worked hard all my life and in 2004 became disabled I receive 703.00 per month my son applied for social security because he is a drug addict and decided to drop out of high school has not worked a day in his life but was in prison a few years and gets 900.00 what is up with this Iam getting penalized for being a hard working person! Can I apply for more money?

I recieve SSD but I did not see an increase in my check this month?

I don't understand, well maybe I do and I think its crazy. Last year I earned a little above the 1160 amount some months. Who can really live on that amount? So, I was going to apply for disability. I guess I won't. This is ridiculous!