5.1. Guide to Social Security Benefits (AIDS)
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This article is from the AIDS FAQ, by Dan Greening with numerous contributions by others.
5.1. Guide to Social Security Benefits (AIDS)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Social Security Administration
SSA Publication No. 05-10020
September 1993
A Guide to Social Security and SSI Disability
Benefits For People With HIV Infection
About This Booklet
Social Security can provide a lifeline of support to people with HIV
infection. That lifeline comes in the form of monthly Social Security
disability benefits and Supplemental Security Income payments,
Medicare and Medicaid coverage, and a variety of other services
available to people who receive disability benefits from Social
Security.
If you are disabled because of HIV infection, this booklet will help
you understand the kinds of disability or Supplemental Security Income
programs.
What's Inside
Part 1 -- Background Information The first section provides some brief
background information about HIV infection and Social Security.
Part 2 -- What Benefits Are You Eligible For? This section explains
the nonmedical rules and eligibility factors for Social Security
Disability Insurance benefits and Supplemental Security Income
Disability payments.
Part 3 -- How Does Social Security Define "Disability?" This section
explains Social Security's definition of "disability" and how it
relates to claimants with HIV infection.
Part 4 -- How Does Social Security Evaluate Your Disability This
section explains how Social Security evaluates disability claims
involving HIV diseases in general. And it includes up-to- date
information about the way we process claims, especially those
involving women and children with HIV infection.
Part 5 -- How Do You File For Disability Benefits? This section
includes information about when and how to apply for disability, what
steps we take to ensure that your claim is processed quickly and
accurately, and most important, what things you can do to help the
process along. Also included is information about situations when we
can presume a person is disabled and make immediate payments.
Part 6 -- Helping You Return To Work This section provides an overview
of special rules designed to help you return to work.
Part 7 -- What you Need To Know About Medicaid And Medicare This
section includes a brief overview of the kinds of benefits available
from the Medicaid and Medicare programs.
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