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YES! If u are in a certain age bracket when u go on disability, there are different requirements for how may credits in a certain amount of CONTINUOS work to qualify. I was suppose to have Many SSDI workers seem to think (?) that teachers made all this money and don't need ssdi or don't deserve it. I am really tired of hearing about how much money we make in the teaching field. I could only imagine how tired docs are about hearing that also. ANYWAY....I feel like the govt. supports the attitude of don't work and don't go to college after age 23, don't get ill (medical expenses do not count on FASTA aid for college), BUT buy a car on payments and charge up ur visa and mastercard over what u can afford. If u follow this u get the many govt. programs. HOWEVER, honestly I am glad I went to college and grad school and worked in the schools because the of the kids and the health benefits it offers. The starting pay was 40 k a year less than the schools starting (22k with a speech language path. master and board certified-CCC), but now my yearly medical costs are way more than that. WHen I was healthy I witnessed many medical bills by others and wasn't fooled into the high salary. However, sometimes I feel like i am kicked in the face for taking the educated route by the ones who did take that route. Also, why do I have to pay federal taxes on my teachers pension when they do not tax ssdi??? Oh... because ssdi recipients for the most part if they paid into SS already paid taxes on the money that was taken out. AND it is looked at like a retirement benefit. Taxed at a lower rate when u retire because u make less money. So ...What happens to the person who never worked and they get ill/disabled?? Also,the 2 persent raise I get (about 20 bucks a months) is taken by the govt. because my medical expenses are so high but not higher than what it allows for nursing home care (about 3700 a month ) reality is about 5-6 k a month for nursing home care. So it is cheaper to keep me at home. It is my choice to stay at home. Just a side story to Lil's difficulty with how one says she is disabled and if u are disable u can't work (due to public outcry worries of teachers for example making to much on their pension- God forbid!:) verses the govt.. u aren't disabled. nancy m. samantha pudge wrote: > > On Sat, 7 Apr 2001 22:20:17 janet paterson wrote: > >cross posted > > > >-------------------------------------------------------- > > >Yes logic has taken a backseat. Social security denied > >after 12 years of PD and a state teaching retirement > >that says I am disabled and does NOT permit you to > >work. > > > >many people go through this and eventually it should go thru. > > ssi will be denied for me and probably never go through. to receive ssi, you must had 29 quarters (i have) AND the 20 of them must be in the last 10 years (i don't). as a teacher, i no longer pay into social security. supposely, our teacher retirement plan has disabily. as a part time instructor, my disabilty benfint is next to nothing. standards. > sami > > Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail account at http://www.eudoramail.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn