I heard a News person talking about that 60 minutes program. Then he said that the SSDI will run out in a number of months. I looked it up on the internet,and saw that they can only pay 80% of SSDI after 2016. This freaked me out.

Has anyone researched this,or talked to a paralegal person about this? Brokenfriend

Congress can vote to transfer funds from the retirement pot to the disability pot. They have done that in the past. SSA's actuaries predicted this 'shortfall' years ago. Congress would have to vote on it. Talking to a paralegal would do nothing. A lawyer could do nothing.

I predict Congress will act the way they usually do - make a bunch of headlines and sound bites, create a large amount of unease, argue with each other, thump their chests, and in the end, vote to move money from one pot to another.

Now none of that helps the long term solvency and whether our children or grandchildren get the same deal that current beneficiaries are getting since this is unsustainable in the long term.

I agree with this perspective.

Brokenfriend, that's just what they want you to do. Then they can come riding in on their white horse and "save the day" at the 11th hour. They've done this before and will continue doing it as long as they can get away with it. Please don't let their antics upset you. They have an agenda and don't care who gets hurt while they play.

Thank you Janke,and Kitty. I feel better after reading your replies. Brokenfriend.

I found out today when I went to my appointment that what I heard on the news,and what I read about SSDI on the Social Security website about SSDI running out of money in 2016 is wrong. The Social Security person said that it was false information. I read it on the Social Security web site,and it was wrong there. I must have gone to the wrong website. He said don't believe everything that you read on the internet. I handed back the telephone to my case manager in relief. Brokenfriend