Supplemental Security Income

noun

1. income provided by the U.S. government to needy aged, blind, and disabled persons. SSI

Example Sentences

As of the last count, at the end of August, the Social Security Administration reported that there were 67.115 million people claiming Social Security alone, plus another 2.548 million claiming both Social Security and Supplemental Security Income.

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Congress should also guarantee island residents equal access to federal benefits—Supplemental Security Income, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Medicaid and Medicare.

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Congress had enacted byzantine eligibility requirements for disability and Supplemental Security Income benefits, forcing the agency to expend huge amounts of time and money running those programs.

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According to the department, the subpoena requests all records from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services, the agency that administers the state program, to determine if ineligible immigrants received supplemental security income from the Social Security Administration over the last four years.

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Because he was in a hospital, he was unable to spend his monthly Supplemental Security Income payments, which accumulated until he had too much money to keep his health coverage.

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