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Originally Posted by finz
If you are collecting SSI, you don't receive that for months when you have over $2000 (if you are single) in assets.
If the $10,000 is for pain and suffering or replacing the funds you spent on medical treatment for an injury that is all and said and done with now, then it is now your cash and would affect SSI and foodstamps.
If the settlement is for FUTURE medical expenses related to that injury, you could ask your lawyer to set up a medical trust that would not affect SSI.
Are you on SSI and SSDI ? I thought I remembered SSDI questions in your past posts.
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just disability, no regular ssi. my treatments have been on a lien, so the $10k is to cover accumulated medical bills - but i doubt it will cover them all. my neuro doc bill is $7k, and i have been going to phys therapy for 6 months as well. my lawyer said he wants to negotiate the bills down so don't pay the larger ones until he says to.