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From: Warren.King@f429.n275.z1.fidonet.org (Warren King)
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Subject: Social Security
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Date: 25 Jul 90 16:27:38 GMT
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The follow is an article that appeared in a local paper:

             EARNINGS LIMITS GO UP FOR DISABLED

Disabled Social Security beneficiaries who receive disability
benefits can now earn more money at their jobs without risk of
losing their disability benefits.

Changes in Social Security regulations that became effective in
1990 raised the monthly earnings amount which counts in a "trial
work period" from $75 to $200.  A trial work period is a nine-month
period during which a disabled person can test returning to work
without a loss of benefits.

For self-employed people, the work hours that count for a trial
work period increased from 15 to 40 hours per month.

At the end of a trial work period, work activity is evaluated and a
determination is made of the person's ability to continue working.
If a person's earnings level is considered "substantial gainful
activity," disability benefits will be continued three more months
and then stopped.

The 1990 wage levels that are considered substantial gainful
activity have increased from $300 to $500 a month.  (The monthly
earnings limit for the blind is $780 in 1990.)

People who receive Supplemental Security Income because of
disability should contact Social Security for more information
about work because the rules are different.

Social Security's phone number is 1-800-2345-SSA (1-800-234-5772.)

The article then ended with local contact information.  It was
written by the branch manager of the Social Security office in
Virginia Beach, Dennis M. Reilly.

Warren King
'HandiNet BBS'

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