Critical Diagnosis - Health Insurance

They cannot work, or at least not the way they once did. Nearly a third have no health insurance. And although they have paid into the Social Security disability fund their entire working lives, they cannot get disability payments without a diagnosis, and they will not be eligible for SSI — federal Supplemental Security Income — until they are on SSDI. But getting that critical diagnosis takes one to six years, during which time there is a mortgage to be met and bills to pay.

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Federal security
Disability fund