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| white.lynx wrote:
> Most such plans in Canada consider your income at the time you go on
> disability, not when you first got the symptoms of the disease, when
you had
> to reduce your hours or when you were diagnosed.. If you reduce your
work
> to three days a week and/or reduced hours, your benefits will be
based on
> the income you received at the end of your career, not what you
received
> when you worked full-time. This could make a major financial impact
that
> could affect you for the rest of your life.
hi larry (and others!) ;->
in the U.S.., Social security will base the amount of disability you
receive on your average earnings for all the required quarters, not
just the ones at the very end. LOL, I WiSH it had been based on what i
was making at the very end -- $2,500 for a couple day's work! -- rather
than including all the lesser-paying jobs i'd had while still
'healthy!'
social security has a specific page regarding disability, the
requirements, the quarters, etc., and it's a very intersting read.
there are 'benefit calculators' on the site where one can figure out a
VERY rough estimate of how much the disability payments will be. they
can be located here --
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/planners/calculators.htm
i disability retired back in '97, continued to try to work when able
(or even when not able, but really really broke!) through '02. it was a
bitter thing to realize that was no longer possible, but after a while
i came to terms with it.
rose
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