SSDI isn't easy to get, and really, they shouldn't base it on "previous earned income" after all, when your sick your sick, and alot of people can't work much to begin with. I had to leave a very high paying job due to my ms, and didn't know what it was at the time. Then they make you jump through hoops and get medical testing you can't even afford to prove you are disabled. The whole system over here is backwards. By the time you get benefits, you are in debt, and what they give you isn't enough to live on.