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Glossary of Social Security Disability Law Terms
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Social Security: While you work, you
pay taxes into the Social Security system, and when you
retire or become disabled you, your spouse and your
dependent children receive monthly benefits that are
based on your reported earnings. The system also allows
your survivors to collect benefits if you die.
Solvency: The ability to pay off one’s legal
debt. The Social Security system is solvent when it can
pay 100 percent of scheduled benefits. Social Security
uses payroll tax revenues to cover payments; if these
fell short, it would draw on the accumulated surpluses
in the Social Security Trust Fund.
Spouse: The person whom you were legally
married to at the time you applied for benefits.
Supplemental Security Income (SSI): A Federal
supplemental income program which helps the aging,
blind, and disabled, who have little or no income.
Survivor Benefits: If you die, benefits will
be paid to: your spouse age 60 or older (50 or older if
a disability rather than death occurs) or at any age if
the spouse is caring for a child under the age of 16;
children age 18 or younger (19 or younger if still in
school); and your parents, if you provide at least half
of their financial support.
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