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Originally Posted by Brianna
marichiko--don't call me honey. I have been there, I am THERE NOW. I resent your attitude of exclusion--you are not the only one out here, you know? FEDERAL SSDI takes 2-4 months in Ohio. The award is 1271 single, 2570 for a woman with two kids. I've worked in the ss system for 25 years. You? Why don't you move to Canada? They would no doubt take better care of you.
Really. Don't call me honey. I find you a whiner at best.
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REALLY? You have worked in the federal civil service for the social security system for 25 years? May I ask what is your position and GS rating, if that is not being too personal,
Ms. Brianna ?
If you really are a government worker, than in all due respect, you are a perfect example of what is wrong with the system. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is based upon an individual's life time contributions to the system with their most recent year's work quarters of income being given the highest weight. A single person is NOT automatically given a set amount of 1271 and the amount of the award is not based on the number of dependents a person may or may not have. $1271 is practically an unheard of amount from social security for disability. People who draw on social security for their old age pensions don't even recieve that much after contributing to the system for fourty years.
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Originally Posted by Brianna
It's a MEDICAL decision. Marichiko complains of spatial difficulties yet she drives--makes me wonder. Maybe the SSDI wonders about her disability, too.
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Finally, you have made a correct statement. It is indeed a medical decision. But, whoops! Catch-22! How does a person without medical insurance get the required medical documentation? Answer: With the greatest of difficulty. Social security will pay for a claiment to be examined by one of its own doctors. However, the wait for this examination generally runs a year to a year and a half. I am intrigued that the federal system has allocated extra resources to the state of Ohio while short changing the western states. Perhaps, as a federal government worker you can explain why this might be so?
Given the discrepancy between your statements and the reality of the SSDI system, you must exist in a state of perpetual wonderment, and I feel no special need to explain myself to you. I find you a source of mis-information and astonishing inaccuracies at best.