This is a thread about Social Security Disability

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > This is a thread about Social Security Disability

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

Lord Windy posted:

On the face of it, this looks fair. I do think people who pay into FICA should get paid more but SSI is completely unlivable.

Does America have something like Disability Insurance outside of SSDI? In Australia you have the basic Disability Pension of about $750ish a fortnight and if you were working when you became disabled, I think for any reason, you get a payout through your Superannuation insurance scheme (Superannuation is our compulsory Pensions. It's like a 401k). Mine was about $400,000 or I could take $2000 a month for the rest of my life.

If I'm wrong I hope somebody corrects me.

There are private disability insurers but they tend to vary from being much better to being much worse. Both in terms of payout and difficulty in getting approved. If you aren't paid in at all you can get supplementary income (SSI) based on your disability but it's like $600 at most and you need to be really broke to qualify

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