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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
she does, hopefully. we've had lawyers working on it for about 9 months now. we're also hoping to get her on medicare as quickly as possible.
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Social Security always says "No" initially, unless you're blind or missing a limb. It's pretty automatic. Any lawyer with even a modicum of talent can get your wife on SS Disability on the first appeal. The good news is - as soon as she's approved, the Disability will be retroactive to her time of becoming disabled, which means you'll get a pretty nice check if it's been awhile. Minus the attorney's 30%, of course.
And, as you know already, anyone on Social Security Disability is eligible for Medicare - which is another name for that "evil" public option.
The bad news is - once you start(ed) to make over $30k per year, her SS becomes taxable income. I know - it's totally fucked up, but it's the truth. You'll need to plan for that or face an ugly surprise from the IRS come tax time.