alt.social-security-disability

"Relayer" wrote in message
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> On Aug 13, 8:27?pm, "Dr Feelgood WA"
> wrote:
>> "Jack" wrote in message
>>
>> news: @ ...
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>>
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>> > On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:30:50 -0000, Relayer
>> > wrote:
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>> >>Jack, I began disability in 2005. I was originally scheduled for
>> >>the
>> >>2nd Wednesday and they then sent me a letter changing to the
>> >>third.
>> >>Also, a friend of mine who began in 2002 is also on the 3rd. His
>> >>was
>> >>changed the same time, which was Jan 2006.
>>
>> > R,
>> > I don't have any answer for that.
>>
>> > "Old timers" who were getting paid on the 3rd day of the month
>> > could
>> > volunteer for the Wednesday schedule, but I never heard of people
>> > on
>> > the Wednesday schedule being put on payment the 3rd day of the
>> > month.
>>
>> > Payment date wasn't a disability matter & involved people in
>> > other
>> > departments, but when I worked there, recall that *every* title
>> > II
>> > beneficiary was paid on the 3rd day of the month.
>>
>> > This is what the web page says:
>> > ______
>>
>> > When are Social Security benefit checks paid by direct deposit or
>> > check?
>>
>> > Answer
>> > Social Security benefits are paid each month, but for the
>> > previous
>> > month. For example the check received in June is for the month of
>> > May.
>>
>> > When you applied for benefits, the Social Security representative
>> > told
>> > you when you can expect to receive your benefit payment. Your
>> > benefit
>> > award notice also has this information. Generally, the day in the
>> > month on which you receive your benefit depends on the birth date
>> > of
>> > the person on whose record you receive benefits. For example, if
>> > you
>> > receive benefits as a retired or disabled worker, your benefit
>> > will
>> > be
>> > determined by your birth date. If you receive benefits as a
>> > spouse,
>> > your benefit payment date will be determined by your spouse's
>> > birth
>> > date.
>>
>> > Here's how it works:
>>
>> > Birth date on Benefits paid on
>> > 1st - 10th Second Wednesday
>> > 11th - 20th Third Wednesday
>> > 21st - 31st Fourth Wednesday
>>
>> > For example, your date of birth is June 16. Your monthly
>> > retirement
>> > check will be paid on the third Wednesday of every month.
>>
>> > For a calendar showing payment dates, see the Schedule of Social
>> > Security Benefit Payments .
>>
>> > People who currently receive their benefits on the third of the
>> > month
>> > continue to do so. The same is true for people who receive both
>> > Social
>> > Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. For
>> > them,
>> > Social Security benefits are paid on the third of the month and
>> > SSI
>> > on
>> > the first of the month.
>>
>> > Normally, once the date you receive your benefits is determined,
>> > it
>> > will not change. However, beneficiaries paid on the third of the
>> > month
>> > can, under certain circumstances, volunteer to change their
>> > payment
>> > day, but they will not be able to choose their payment cycle. The
>> > date-of-birth formula will determine the new payment day. The
>> > decision
>> > to volunteer for cycling is permanent but the payment cycle could
>> > change if entitlement on a new record occurs.
>>
>> > The date you receive your benefits has no effect on the way your
>> > benefits are figured.
>>
>> Any recipient of SS or SSDI may change their payment from the
>> birth-date schedule to the 3rd. if they are receiving any type of
>> aid
>> from their state or housing assistance from HUD's section 8
>> program.
>> Several states place a payment date order in as soon as someone on
>> SS
>> or SSDI qualifies for any form of state aid such as food stamps,
>> Medicaid, Medicare part B assistance, medical for a recipients
>> child
>> etc. Also if a recipient or anyone on his account is receiving
>> child
>> support through any state agency that agency can order a change to
>> the
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>> - Show quoted text -
>
> I dont get any kind of state aid. The changed it on their own too. I
> never asked them. A letter just showed up one day saying they were
> changing it to the 3rd.
>
> Strange.
>
> Doesnt matter one way or the other I suppose, except rent is due on
> the 3rd and that makes it more convienient.
>

Do you have any children or dependants such as an Ex drawing benefits
on your account?