Current Events > Anyone on social security please respond. (Stimulus)

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Hey I am trying to figure out if I am gonna get this new 1400 stimulus check. I got the last 2 so I thought I qualify for this one also. I am on social security disability so income amount made wouldn't be something determining it. Been checking bank but nothing yet. Also my mom is on social security retirement and is waiting for the check as she got the last 2 too. So anyone here on social security got the stimulus check 1400? I am holding out hope

anyone on SSI or social security in some form will get a payment at a later date (they'll still get it just not part of the first batch). my grandfather is still waiting on his.

i only got mine because i'm claimed as a dependent.
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You should be getting it, by all established parameters.

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I'm on disability too. Still waiting.

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kingdrake2 posted...

anyone on SSI or social security in some form will get a payment at a later date (they'll still get it just not part of the first batch). my grandfather is still waiting on his.

i only got mine because i'm claimed as a dependent.

Yeah I was thinking that because the first 1200 one took a couple months after they were originally sent out for us both to get it into bank account. Hopefully it won't take that long again though Haha

@EnvoyOfTheLight

Well at least I feel better knowing I qualify for this one too. I was worried because I thought maybe this one was only given out to people who filed income taxes in the recent couple years.

Bump for anyone else on social security waiting for check. I guess we can be relieved its coming to us though it may take longer than others. Hopefully you guys get yours before too long

Hmmm. So anyone else here on social security still waiting or got theirs already?

EricDraven59 posted...

Hmmm. So anyone else here on social security still waiting or got theirs already?

Still waiting for mine

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So reading articles it seems social security people will be getting the check later than the first batch. Maybe when they start the second batch? I remember the first 1200 check we got ours a couple months after it all started going out. Let's hope it's not too long right?

One more bump for anyone else on social security to say if they got theirs yet. At least we are getting it which will be good, just hope it doesn't take months

When I call my card a recorded message tells me it will be a couple weeks. Which is fine for me

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I get both SSA and SSI, and I got my stimulus at 2 am on the 17th.

Both of my parents haven't gotten theirs yet, along with my uncle, so there are those who are still waiting also.

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@Lost_All_Senses hey i don't have one of those cards. Mine goes directly into the bank account. Lets hope for the best soon then

@MadDewg well its good you got yours already. I read that probably social security recipients will be later than the first roll out batch. Don't know if its true or why that is the case but i hope it arrives before long

Hey anyone know why my social security disability benefits are lower amount monthly than a lot of people i talk to? I get like 600$ a month. A little less maybe. But others i talk to receive over 800 dollars to even over a thousand dollars a month. I kinda wanna discuss it with someone at their office but i don't wanna seem like I'm complaining.

EricDraven59 posted...

Hey anyone know why my social security disability benefits are lower amount monthly than a lot of people i talk to? I get like 600$ a month. A little less maybe. But others i talk to receive over 800 dollars to even over a thousand dollars a month. I kinda wanna discuss it with someone at their office but i don't wanna seem like I'm complaining.

Isn't it a thing each state decides or something? I get like $750. Michigan

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EricDraven59 posted...

Hey anyone know why my social security disability benefits are lower amount monthly than a lot of people i talk to? I get like 600$ a month. A little less maybe. But others i talk to receive over 800 dollars to even over a thousand dollars a month. I kinda wanna discuss it with someone at their office but i don't wanna seem like I'm complaining.

It all depends on the people that you live with, whether they are currently working or retired, whether some is on disability theirselves etc. The extra money some get is intended to help with the bills in the house. Also, you will get a little bit more if you are paying for your own food and whatnot. (They usually ask this question when you first apply for benefits, so if you actually are buying your own food then you would have to schedule an appointment and update them on your situation).

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@MadDewg not sure really. It might be because my mom gets social security retirement (which also seems low at like $1300 a month when she worked for like 45 years) and we kinda both pay for this apartment. We used to live in here together but many years back she moved into her boyfriends apartment (which is in this same Complex) but she still handles the bills for this apartment since I'm not good at keeping track of paying stuff. So i live here alone but it's still both our place. Maybe social security is taking into consideration that she has the income from them also and basing mine on how much i should be paying for things. Social security is great but sometimes i feel like they low ball people. Especially for someone like my mom who retired and gets 1300 a month. You'd think for a person who worked all their lives and gave the government tons of money in taxes that they'd better take care of their seniors

another batch of payments land on Wednesday. some being mailed. also could be for social security recipients (ssi and regular)
i would check your bank. really rooting it's for some gamefaqs peeps.
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Thanks then. Ill check out the bank tomorrow i guess. Hope its there soon. At least i know im not the only one here on social security and who has been waiting for the stimulus

I'm on disability too. I got my check last Wednesday. I think there's a tool on the irs website to check the status of your stimulus payment.

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crazygamer21 posted...

I'm on disability too. I got my check last Wednesday. I think there's a tool on the irs website to check the status of your stimulus payment.

my grandfather needed help. it doesn't list availability. if see payment not available it's probably normal (another agency gives the information to the IRS to send it out).
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kingdrake2 posted...

my grandfather needed help. it doesn't list availability. if see payment not available it's probably normal (another agency gives the information to the IRS to send it out).

Thats what happened to me too. The site said payment information unavailable. Which for some people would make them think they were not gonna receive anything.

Pls respond

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So you guys mostly here still waiting?

EricDraven59 posted...

So you guys mostly here still waiting?

there's no date but it's coming. lawmakers are trying to fight to get it to recipients faster.
back of the line supposedly.
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Just checked the banks but nothing for me or my mom yet

It's starting to look like ssi people are getting the stimulus dead last. :(

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@BeautifulBlaze yeah thats what i am thinking. Though i don't know the reason for that to happen. I think the same thing happened with the first 1200 check for us. Seems like it took a couple months after first release to get them. Hope the next batch is released soon by them

"The delay in delivering stimulus payments to Social Security recipients and others on government assistance has drawn attention from lawmakers. On Monday, members of the House Ways & Means Committee wrote to IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig and Social Security Administration Commissioner Andrew M. Saul to express concern and demand an update on the delivery of checks to these groups by Friday."

This was posted today.

Looks like it could still take some time for it all to get fully resolved.

@Steffenfield hmmm i see. Well hope with the law makers contacting them that they will get moving on putting the checks out to social security recipients.

kingdrake2 posted...

anyone on SSI or social security in some form will get a payment at a later date (they'll still get it just not part of the first batch). my grandfather is still waiting on his.

i only got mine because i'm claimed as a dependent.

if you're a dependant and on ssi, the only thing that matters is whether you have a job or not? i just assumed being on ssi while being a dependant invalidates you even if you're working

i don't have a job so i was obviously not getting one, but i didn't think that i could get a stimulus if i did have a job while on ssi

EricDraven59 posted...

Hey anyone know why my social security disability benefits are lower amount monthly than a lot of people i talk to?

i don't have a job and i contribute a lot to the bills with the ~$794 i get
before that i didn't specify and they only gave me $300

@anttttt I'd be happy if i was able to boost mine up to your 794 amount. I think i get like 580 a month. Like i said maybe its due to my mom having social security retirement and technically we both still pay for the bills of this apartment. I dont know if I'd get more if it was simply my place without my mom being attached to it. But then again i couldn't afford the rent if i paid alone.

So you think you'll be getting the stimulus sometimes soon?

I personally think we should get it last btw. We weren't as impact by the virus because our income never stopped. Im not even completely sure why we get it at all. But I'm not complaining. I need it to get some hobbies that help with depression. If I do a garden with some the money, a lot more than just me will benefit off it.

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$580 a month?

That's so horrible.

You must be considered an essential person for that low of an amount.

You honestly might want to look into this if you're not the caretaker of your mother and do indeed live on your own.

https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/cfr20/416/416-0222.htm

@Steffenfield yes i feel the same way. I could understand if my mom was working and making a lot of money that mine would be lower, but she gets retirement social security every month as her only income. Thats why i say i feel like social security low balls some people, like my mom gets 1300 something a month, you'd think the government would better take care of their seniors who most have worked all their lives and gave countless money to the government in taxes

EricDraven59 posted...

So you think you'll be getting the stimulus sometimes soon?

probably not considering i don't have a job (never had one either) but i'd be super happy if i got one anyways

the government hasn't actually asked for any proof that i pay rent and food and stuff so i feel like a lot of bad faith actors will just lie. did you directly tell the government that you pay these bills? did you mention how much you pay in bills? i had to mention that i pay around $400 on things before groceries come into play
i also had to specify that my cp limits my job potential and mention the struggles i have (making food, cleaning certain parts of my body, being barely able to lift, etc).

also totally offtopic: my dream job is to be a streamer for other disabled gamers to look up to and chat with

@anttttt that's pretty cool dude, you should follow that dream. Do you ever stream anything yet? Its hard for most people to become really popular as a game streamer, but i think you wanting to share about your disability and have others who feek the same get support is a good vision.

But yeah about telling the government how much i pay for things, i think social security does a yearly check into this stuff. My mom handles the questions though, she can show anything they wanna see like a rent statement or other bills we pay. This really only happens once a year i think. And well you not working shouldn't deny you from getting the stimulus. Did you get the last 2? Me and my mom got them both and if you got those 2 then you should be good for this one

I'm not on SS, but my mom is. She's still waiting on hers.


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EricDraven59 posted...

i think social security does a yearly check into this stuff.

yeah they ask me questions like "has your job status changed? how much money do you have left in your account every month?" "do you still pay these bills?"
they never asked for paperwork or anything

i never got a stimulus

also i don't stream but i have beaten several players in smash ultimate like mew2king, leon, hungrybox, and rickles while playing random online
there aren't many disabled streamers out there

@anttttt you really never got the other 2 stimulus? Was your situation the same as now? Its weird that you wouldn't get it if you are on social security. Epsecially if you were not working. Dont know about people who work on social security but if you don't work then i don't see what reason would have kept you from getting the other two.

My mom got hers about 2 weeks ago

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i guess it's because i don't play taxes, and in hindsight yeah that's obviously it

oh well

My understanding is they send stimulus to everyone who filled taxes last year

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@skermac @anttttt

Hey i just found this new article and it explains well whats going on with social security recipients waiting for their checks. I guess if you read the article it makes sense as to what the delay is but hope it will be taken care of soon too

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/some-social-security-desperate-for-latest-stimulus-checks/ar-BB1eULRa

"Because SSA has inexplicably not sent the necessary payment files to the Internal Revenue Service, tens of millions of beneficiaries have yet to receive their desperately needed EIPs," according to Chairman Richard Neal, the Massachusetts Democrat, and oversight subcommittee chairman Bill Pascrell Jr., the New Jersey Democrat and others.

Wednesday's letter followed another scathing commentary Monday when Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee criticized both the commissioners of the IRS and the Social Security Administration about the handling of the latest stimulus rollout."

Posted today.

With some hope the IRS will soon have an update on their website over this, possibly as early as tomorrow.