Public benefits programs
Public benefits programs include SSDI, SSI, Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE (CHAMPUS). Below is a chart noting the difference between SSI, SSDI, Medicare and Medicaid. Each is described in more detail on their own page.
SSDI
- Cash benefit
- Benefits based on earnings
- Financed by employer and wage contributions
- No income limit
- No resource limit
- Must have enough work credits
- Medicare is medical benefit
- Provides benefits to eligible family members
- Benefit amount based on average lifetime earnings
Benefit types
- Retirement (age 62 & older)
- Survivor
- Disability (includes blindness)
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SSI
- Cash benefit
- Benefits based on need
- Finance by general revenues
- Limited income
- Limited resources
- No work credits required
- Medicaid is medical benefit
- No family benefit
- Benefit amount based on Federal and State laws
Benefit types
- Aged (age 65 and older)
- disability (any age, includes children
- Blindness (any age , includes children)
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Medicare
- Medical benefit
- Benefits based on earnings
- Financed by employer and wage contributions
- No income limit
- No resource limit
- Must have enough work credits
- SSDI is financial benefit
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Medicaid
- Medical benefit
- Benefits based on need
- Finance by general revenues
- Limited income
- Limited resources
- No work credits required
- SSI is financial benefit
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