@Eddie Weir Short answer for anybody scrolling by: SGA is based on the ACTIVITY, not on the money. Win a bunch on a slot machine - does not count. BE a professional gambler and that is your job - counts. Sell a house - does not count. Be a real estate agent who sells houses - counts. So buying a lien and sitting on it looks like investing. Pulling county records, chasing owners, bidding and filing claims over and over is a business, and SSA will treat it as work no matter what the income is called. Full answer with the trial-work-period traps is on Ryan's own post.

Christy, you are reading it right, and better than most caseworkers will. 1634(c) is the DAC protection: when someone loses SSI only because they became entitled to Disabled Adult Child benefits, the state has to keep treating her as an SSI recipient for Medicaid. The DAC money gets disregarded. That is the entire point of the provision, and Darling is the case that says Missouri does not get to skip it by hiding behind 209(b). On the void of the void: get the appeal and hearing request in within 10 days of the notice date, not the 90. Ten days is what keeps her coverage in place while you fight - past that she goes on spend-down 10/1 and you are arguing to get it back instead of to keep it. Name the provision by cite in the request and ask them, in writing, which specific state regulation they used to count the DAC at full value. That question alone ends a lot of these, because there is not one. With MO P&A out of money, look at Legal Services of Eastern Missouri or Legal Aid of Western Missouri depending on your county, and the National Health Law Program takes exactly this kind of DAC case.

@Bradley Buckwalter that sounds like a standard letter the computer generates. If you didn't work, then you don't need to provide your W-2s or anything. Sounds like they've got some money and they want to know where to deposit it, so I would take what you have. They will tell you if you need anything at that time, but it sounds good if they want to give you some money.

@Bradley Buckwalter the disappearing payment info is normal and it is actually a good sign. When they add children and a spouse, the claim goes back into processing to recompute everybody against the family max, and the online account stops showing the old numbers while that runs. Active means alive, not stuck. Expect separate award letters - one for you, one for each boy, one for your wife - and they usually land on different days. October can still happen, but adding three beneficiaries plus a green card verification can push it a cycle. If nothing has posted by the end of October, call the 800 number and ask them to check for a pending action on the record. Still sitting in November, your Congressman's district office has a caseworker who does this all day, free.

@Dan Finnel it really depends on all your other income. I don't do IRS-type stuff. I try to avoid paying taxes, but you know how that works out.

@Dan Finnel you are on the premium one. You are all set - ask away.

Shauna, I am going to stay out of the voting part - we have got people here from every direction and I want all of them keeping their benefits. On the reels though: yes, and you do not have to make them. Everything on the YouTube channel and the shorts is there for you to share. Grab any of it and post away.

Thanks for posting, Shauna. I will stay out of the politics, but here is the part worth keeping straight: a one-time check and a Social Security fix are not the same kind of money. A stimulus is one payment. The shortfall is an every-year problem, which is why a number that looks similar on paper does not actually solve it. Anything that touches your check has to pass Congress and get signed. Until then it is a proposal, no matter who is saying it. Watch for a bill number. That is when it gets real.