Social Security, Medicare & government pensions
Book - 2002
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- Law for laypersons
- Published
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Berkeley, CA :
Nolo
2002-
- Language
- English
- Corporate Author
- Corporate Author
- Physical Description
- volumes : illustrations, forms ; 28 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 9781413331530
- ISSN
- 21636419
- Introduction: Your Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions Companion
- Locating Chapters That Fit Your Needs
- 1. Social Security: The Basics
- History of Social Security
- Social Security Defined
- Eligibility for Benefits
- Earning Work Credits
- Determining Your Benefit Amount
- Your Social Security Earnings Record
- U.S. Citizens' Rights to Receive Benefits While Living Abroad
- Receiving Benefits as a Noncitizen
- 2. Social Security Retirement Benefits
- Work Credits Required
- Timing Your Retirement Benefits Claim
- The Amount of Your Retirement Check
- Working After Claiming Early Retirement Benefits
- 3. Social Security Disability Benefits
- Who Is Eligible
- What Is a Disability?
- Amount of Disability Benefit Payments
- Collecting Additional Benefits
- Continuing Eligibility Review
- Returning to Work
- 4. Social Security Dependents Benefits
- Who Is Eligible
- Calculating Dependents Benefits
- Eligibility for More Than One Benefit
- Working While Receiving Benefits
- Government Pension Offset
- 5. Social Security Survivors Benefits
- Work Credits Required for Eligibility
- Who Is Eligible
- Amount of Survivors Benefits
- Eligibility for More Than One Benefit
- Working While Receiving Benefits
- Government Pension Offset
- 6. When to Claim Social Security Benefits and Which One to Claim
- Considerations for All Beneficiaries
- Considerations When You're Entitled to More Than One Benefit
- 7. Supplemental Security Income
- Who Is Eligible
- Benefit Amounts
- Reductions to Benefits
- 8. Applying for Benefits
- Retirement, Dependents, and Survivors Benefits
- Disability Benefits
- Supplemental Security income (SSI)
- Finding Out What Happens to Your Claim
- 9. Appealing a Social Security Decision
- Reconsideration of Decision
- Administrative Hearing
- Appeal to the National Appeals Council
- Lawsuit in Federal Court
- Lawyers and Other Assistance
- 10. Federal Civil Service Retirement Benefits
- Two Retirement Systems: CSRS and FERS
- Retirement Benefits
- Disability Benefits to Federal Workers
- Payments to Surviving Family Members of Workers Who Die While Employed
- Applying for CSRS or FERS Benefits
- 11. Veterans Benefits
- Types of Military Service Required
- Compensation for Service-Connected Disability
- Pension Benefits for Financially Needy Disabled Veterans
- Survivors Benefits
- Medical Treatment
- Getting Information and Applying for Benefits
- 12. Medicare
- The Medicare Maze
- Medicare: The Basics
- Part A. Hospital insurance
- How Much Medicare Part A Pays
- Part B. Medical Insurance
- How Much Medicare Part B Pays
- Part D. Prescription Drug Coverage
- Medicare Coverage for People With End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
- 13. Medicare Procedures: Enrollment, Claims, and Appeals
- Enrolling in Part A: Hospital Insurance
- Enrolling in Part B: Medical Insurance
- Medicare's Payment of Your Medical Bills
- Paying Your Share of the Bill
- Your Medicare Summary Notice
- Appealing the Denial of a Claim
- Medicare Part D: Enrollment, Exceptions, and Appeals
- Switching Part D Plans
- State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIPs)
- 14. Medigap Insurance
- Gaps in Medicare
- Standard Medigap Benefit Plans
- Terms and Conditions of Medigap Policies
- Finding the Best Medicare Supplement
- 15. Medicare Part C: Medicare Advantage Plans
- Medicare Advantage Managed Care Plans
- Medicare Advantage Fee-for-Service Plans
- Choosing a Medicare Advantage Plan
- Comparing Medigap and Medicare Advantage Plans
- Your Rights When Joining, Leaving, or Losing a Medicare Advantage Plan
- 16. Medicaid and State Supplements to Medicare
- Medicaid Defined
- Who Is Eligible
- Medical Costs Covered by Medicaid
- Requirements for Medicaid Coverage
- Cost of Medicaid Coverage
- Other State Assistance With Medical Costs
- Applying for Medicaid, QMB, SLMB, or QI
- What to Do If You're Denied Coverage
- Index