Social Security Disability Insurance: The Five-Month Waiting Period for SSDI Benefits

Szymendera, Scott

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Social security;    Disability insurance;    Social security beneficiaries;    Old age, survivors and disability insurance;   

RP-ID  :  RS22220
RP-ID  :  RS22220_2008Jan08

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Current law requires that a person wait five months from the onset of a qualifying disability before receiving Social Security benefits. This report explains the five-month waiting period and its legislative history. This report also provides information on other programs that provide income support during this waiting period. It also briefly describes legislation introduced in the 110th Congress that would reduce or eliminate the five-month Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) waiting period (H.R. 69, H.R. 2713, and S. 2050).