I need to find my SSDI booklet. I have severe degenerative arthritis and had an MRI on my cervical spine last yr and it showed that the condition is getting worse. Are you suppose to report that? Afterall degenerative means getting worse to begin with so reporting it might not be necessary. Still,I need to find the booklet.

Found the booklet. Unless there are different booklets out there,mine doesn't state that hospitizations must be reported. It mentions whenever a change that might effect your benefits,then contact SSA. So I guess if your condition worsens you aren't suppose to contact them because you are receiving benefits anyways.

I called SSA. There is no need(unless you are on SSI) to contact them if you go in the hospital or your condition worsens.

Yes, it is SSI. That booklet is very picky and wants you to do certain things. I also have medicaid through DCF, but this past month, they moved me to SSID. Those rules are different as well. DCF medicaid rules state you cannot have over $1,000 so when it came time for taxes I did not have the tax money. I was not allowed to have that much to begin with. Why should I have to pay taxes on a home that I don't own.? My mothers trust owns the house. My son paid the taxes as he will inherrit the house. They took my food stamps away, the reason given is I did not pay for my taxes. My government took all I had away that was saved before I was given medical care. I had no insurance. The trust was to be kept for the taxes, my government did not care what the trust said, I was to have nothing before I received help(medicaid.) Now that I have nothing, that same trust is being held against me. The 20% due from medicare that I had to pay, took all that I had. You loose your coverage if you do not pay your fair share, so I did. Then I was granted medicaid from DCF, and food stamps.

Here is the new Red Book for 2011, there are reporting no changes.

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/redbook/