alt.social-security-disability

On Aug 13, 8:27?pm, "Dr Feelgood WA" wrote:
> "Jack" wrote in message
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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.
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> > R,
> > I don't have any answer for that.
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> > "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.
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> > 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.
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> > This is what the web page says:
> > ______
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> > When are Social Security benefit checks paid by direct deposit or
> > check?
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > Here's how it works:
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> > Birth date on Benefits paid on
> > 1st - 10th Second Wednesday
> > 11th - 20th Third Wednesday
> > 21st - 31st Fourth Wednesday
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> > For example, your date of birth is June 16. Your monthly retirement
> > check will be paid on the third Wednesday of every month.
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> > For a calendar showing payment dates, see the Schedule of Social
> > Security Benefit Payments .
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > The date you receive your benefits has no effect on the way your
> > benefits are figured.
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> 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
> 3rd. of the month.- Hide quoted text -
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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.