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Adult difficult child at the Grocery Store
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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 636977" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Donna, I collect SSDI and a small VA widow's pension. I have medicare and ChampVA for my medical insurance.</p><p></p><p>I paid into those systems for thirty years. My VA pension has nothing to do with my disability. It is to compensate me for the loss of my late husband's earning capacity.</p><p></p><p>He earned that pension. Basically,I get half of what he got as a disabled veteran.</p><p></p><p>Medicare and SSDI/SSA are NOT entitlements. They are earned by contributing $$ throughout our working lives. SSI is an entitlement. It is a welfare program for those who are disabled but have not worked enough quarters to qualify for SSDI.</p><p></p><p>Up here, SSI and Medicaid are where we see the most abuses.</p><p></p><p>As a sidelight. I WISH, with all my heart that I could go back into the server farm and network operations that I for a living throughout my working life.I miss it terribly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 636977, member: 1963"] Donna, I collect SSDI and a small VA widow's pension. I have medicare and ChampVA for my medical insurance. I paid into those systems for thirty years. My VA pension has nothing to do with my disability. It is to compensate me for the loss of my late husband's earning capacity. He earned that pension. Basically,I get half of what he got as a disabled veteran. Medicare and SSDI/SSA are NOT entitlements. They are earned by contributing $$ throughout our working lives. SSI is an entitlement. It is a welfare program for those who are disabled but have not worked enough quarters to qualify for SSDI. Up here, SSI and Medicaid are where we see the most abuses. As a sidelight. I WISH, with all my heart that I could go back into the server farm and network operations that I for a living throughout my working life.I miss it terribly. [/QUOTE]
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