Social Security benefits are for much more than just retirement. In mid-May, I wrote about the start and growth of the Social Security disability program.
To add to SSA website information about disability benefits and how to apply for them, recently the Social Security Administration created The Faces & Facts of Disability, a website section to help increase public awareness of the SSA disability program by providing program facts and personal stories about people receiving disability benefits.
What do you know about disability? Test your knowledge at the disability quiz section. Here is one quiz question:
Q: Only 31 percent of people have private sector long-term disability insurance. What percent of workers does Social Security Disability Insurance cover?
If you became disabled right now, how much in Social Security disability benefits could you potentially receive? What about potential benefit amounts to your family?
Obtain a current estimate based on your own work record by creating your personal my Social Security account and then reviewing your own Social Security Statement online.
