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Old 02-12-2012, 09:37 AM
Janke Janke is offline
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I guess I should have used the word entitled to SSDI rather than qualified. From your posts, it seems clear that you have not yet been entitled to SSDI because the ALJ denied your case.

A person can be entitled to Medicare 24 months after entitlement to SSDI. And if there is retroactive entitlement to SSDI after a favorable appeal decision, the 24 month period could have already passed. So because your case has taken so long, if you do get a favorable decision on your SSDI claim, the 24 month period may be in the past.

Date of entitlement to SSDI depends upon the application date (no more than 12 months before application) and onset date that is established by either the DDS or the ALJ.

If you read your Social Security statement, there are certain assumptions made in making the estimate (and it is just an estimate, it is not a guarantee). If the assumptions are correct, the Social Security statement is pretty accurate.

You can contact the SSA OIG if you want to make a report about someone. Just remember it is helpful to give as much identifying information about someone (full name, age or DOB, mailing address) and details about the fraud that can be verified. You will not be officially informed about the results.
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