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		<title>Family Maximum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Under the Social Security Administration (SSA) Title II program, the spouse and children of a person who is receiving Retirement Insurance Benefits (RIB) or Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB) or who is deceased may receive family benefits. However, there is limit on how much a family can receive on one Social Security earnings record, regardless of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eri-wi.org/askbenspec/2011/12/13/family-maximum/</link>
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		<title>Understanding SGA (Substantial Gainful Activity)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Ben, I’ve been getting DIB SSDI for over 7 years because of a physical injury. I decided a few months ago to try to go back to work. The work has been going alright – I’ve been making around $1500 gross a month for 6 months and plan to continue. I’ve kept the SSA [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eri-wi.org/askbenspec/2011/12/13/understanding-sga-substantial-gainful-activity/</link>
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		<title>VA Health Benefits and Medicare</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Hi Friends, Just returned from a trip to Utah where I did some hiking on the Ben Lomond Trail.  Picturesque as you can see. Here&#8217;s I question I recently received from a veteran in Wisconsin.  Dear Ben, I’m disabled and receive VA and Social Security benefits. I get my medical treatment from the VA. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eri-wi.org/askbenspec/2011/09/23/va-health-benefits-and-medicare/</link>
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		<title>Student Load Recovery in Madison, Wisconsin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Ben, I recently applied for social security disability benefits because I haven’t been able to work for over a year due to a serious accident I had in 2010; social security has not made a decision yet. However, someone just told me that I was wasting my time applying since even if I’m found [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eri-wi.org/askbenspec/2011/07/14/221/</link>
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		<title>SSI Recipient Becomes Potentially Entitled to Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Ben, I am writing to you because I am an SSI recipient who has been working for some time now. I am paid approximately $800 each month from my job as a part-time receptionist. I am 22 years old and have had this job since I was 19 years old. The last time I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eri-wi.org/askbenspec/2011/06/27/entitled-to-dib/</link>
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		<title>Social Security Testing New Ways to  Return Workers with Disabilities to the Workforce</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently announced the beginning of the Benefit Offset National Demonstration (BOND) project.  BOND is a special project that will test a new way to treat earnings for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries.  SSA’s goal is to find out how disabled beneficiaries respond to rule changes that allow them to keep more of their benefits while trying to return to work.
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		<link>http://eri-wi.org/askbenspec/2011/02/22/social-security-testing-new-ways-to-return-workers-with-disabilities-to-the-workforce/</link>
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		<title>Summer in Siberia: Cessation of Benefits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Ben,

I’ve received SSDI for several years and returned to work 6 months ago. I have used 5 months of my Trial Work Period. I have been earning a steady monthly gross of $900 per month and plan to continue to work at the same pace. It’s my understanding that I can work for at least nine months but then may lose my benefits. Is that true?
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		<link>http://eri-wi.org/askbenspec/2010/12/15/summer-in-siberia-cessation-of-benefits/</link>
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		<title>Copper Canyon: Stock Trading and SSDI</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Ben, I get SSDI Childhood Disability Benefits on my disabled father’s record. What would be the effect on my benefits if I began trading stock and options, not as long term investments but closer to what would be considered day trading? I don&#8217;t want to violate any rules by trading stock and doing research [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eri-wi.org/askbenspec/2010/06/29/copper-canyon-stock-trading-and-ssdi/</link>
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		<title>Special Status Medicaid and Disabled Widower’s Benefit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello Ben! I am working with someone who is currently receiving SSI benefits (he became entitled in March of 2009). We just found out this person will probably become eligible for Disabled Widower’s Benefits, retroactive to September of 2008. His Disabled Widower’s Benefit will be about $847.00 per month. The consumer is very concerned about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eri-wi.org/askbenspec/2010/04/21/special-status-medicaid-and-disabled-widower%e2%80%99s-benefit/</link>
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		<title>In the Sahara, Concerned About Medicaid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi Everyone: It’s been difficult to stay in touch lately and I hope you are all doing well. Here’s a recent pic from my travels from the Erg Chebbi Dunes, in the Sahara, Morocco. It was a beautiful sunset but I don’t mind saying I was a little afraid of this camel who&#8217;s name was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://eri-wi.org/askbenspec/2010/04/15/in-the-sahara-concerned-about-medicaid/</link>
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