The Standard Medical Deduction allows Californians receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to boost their CalFresh benefits by deducting out-of-pocket medical expenses exceeding $35.
The settlement will provide automatic remedies to nearly a quarter million SSI recipients who were charged with overpayments by the Social Security Administration.
The SSI resource limit has been unchanged for over 30 years and is the leading cause of overpayments for SSI beneficiaries. Learn more about bipartisan efforts to raise the limit and how you can get involved.
This webinar outlines how language access poses an additional barrier in the complex and paperwork-intensive SSI and Social Security application process.