Your tax dollars at work!

[gridlore]

Everyone knows I'm currently on SS benefits, right? Can't do my regular line of work, need to get retrained to be more office ready, so I'm currently enjoying life as a leech on the hard-working taxpayers of this nation.

Or so I'm told by Fox News.

But anyway, after my state benefits ended, I got a really neat letter from the SSA detailing what they'd now be paying me and when. Cool. We budget based on that.

Today, I get another missive from the Grey Men in their Grey Suits. Another Notice of Award. For almost a hundred dollars less. Panic. Flail. Scream at the injustice of the world. Then take a closer look at the latest letter.

It was mailed on June 20th. Six months ago, and the benefit amount was right for what I was getting before.

Thanks for the heart attack.

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[glinda-w.livejournal.com]

Eeeep. (Am so glad it's actually OK, but yeah, they do tend to like to fuck with people. Or so it seems.)

(Am on SSDI. Every couple of years or so they decide to review it, with their default assumption being that I'm able to work, and requiring a list of every doctor and psych visit in the past two years, and why I went each time. Among other things. Also anxiety-making; especially since I can't *remember* any of that crap. Last time, I had the clinic give me a printout of all the dates I'd been there, then faked reasons, and let my doc know what was going on. Next time will be harder - changed docs, had some specialist visits, yadda yadda.)