Wednesday, January 4, 2012

The Truth about Ticket To Work-Bad Deal

There is a lot of false hope and individual collateral damage with the Ticket To Work program touted by the Social Security Administration.  The collateral damage information that comes with Ticket To Work is not written anywhere until after your Review starts.  There is a disconnect between what Social Security states Ticket To Work does for you and what actually happens to you.  


What Social Security Site states:
Question: "How does work affect my check benefits?
Their Answer: "First, you should know that if you go back to work, you will NOT automatically lose your disability benefits. The Ticket to Work and special rules called "work incentives" allow you to keep your cash benefits and Medicare or Medicaid while you test your ability to work."

This is not true.  Working will Trigger a Review.  You may lose all of your benefits.  Follow this link to read about what happened to one person who used Ticket To Work: http://socsecnews.blogspot.com/2009/05/ticket-to-work-remains-sacred-cow.html.   


I learned from reading recently that Social Security does not even believe in their own program.  Also, less than 0.1% at the most with a Ticket To Work ever go to work.  It appears that Ticket To Work is another way to weed people out and off of Social Security Disability.  One person on another blog titled it "Tricked To Work".  


There is a myth that people on Disability do not want to work.  Naturally, everyone wants to try to better their situation and would rather make a good living than being dependent on SSD or SSI, so the Ticket To Work program is enticing.  However, in this case your best intentions can cause major setbacks in your health and financial stability.  Be cautious about believing that all the "information" provided to you is in your best interest.
These are my questions that are not sufficiently answered by Social Security:  
Somehow people are so much better than they were before, that they can now work without support?  Their disability no longer exists?   How can we expect people who were on disability to maintain their newly found good health when they lose healthcare coverage upon returning to work?   Without medicine and doctors anyone on disability is going to get worse.
Again,  be careful about accepting for face value what the agency writes on their pages.



1 comment:

  1. This is true. It is a trick to get the disabled off the rolls. Even those who need life saving meds. They keep reinterpreting the rules and leave you confused. Its all a trick. You can even be charged with fraud and Social Security will help with your conviction by lieing in court. There is no real protection for the disabled. Its a bait and switch scheme. Do not use those tickets.

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