Correct. You can't have both. It;s either disability &Medicaid or social security & medicare. At least thats the way it was explained to me at S.S. office. Shirley -----Original Message----- From: Bob Chapman <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, February 04, 2000 8:28 AM Subject: SSI Retirement and SSDI >I am on Social Security Retirement, does that preclude me from drawing >SSDI?