[NFBMO] Blind Pension Letters

nancy Lynn seabreeze.stl at gmail.com
Thu Jul 19 18:28:43 UTC 2018


I've never gotten this letter. Am I supposed to do something, and, if so, 
what?
Nancy Lynn seabreeze.stl at gmail.com
-----Original Message----- 
From: Carol Coulter via NFBMO
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2018 1:24 PM
To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
Cc: Carol Coulter
Subject: Re: [NFBMO] Blind Pension Letters

Well in the letter it says you have 90 days to reply if you don't want the
check so there is no way they can issue the checks before that date is up.
I would not expect to see anything until mid October and probably much
later than that.
Carol Coulter

On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 9:50 PM, Dennis Miller via NFBMO <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Any idea when the checks will be mailed out?  I've heard everything to 
> next
> week to May of 2019.
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBMO [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gene Coulter
> via
> NFBMO
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 2:03 PM
> To: 'NFB of Missouri Mailing List'
> Cc: GeneCoulter at Charter.net
> Subject: [NFBMO] Blind Pension Letters
>
> Greetings,
>
> Letters have been sent out regarding  the payment of Blind Pension/SAB
> underpayments. Note: this only affects those who got the pension from
> 2001 through 2010.
>
> If you currently receive the benefits and the notice is sent to the
> correct address you need do nothing as the underpay will automatically
> be sent to you this Winter.
>
> I repeat there is nothing to do if you currently receive the Blind
> Pension/SAB.
>
>
>
> Almost no one should decline the payment! The only folks that the
> payment will affect are those receiving Food Stamps or Medicaid. In the
> case of Medicaid it will only affect you if you are not on Blind
> Pension. If you Receive Medicaid through SAB or just regular Medicaid it
> can affect you and if another household member receives Medicaid (MO
> HealthNet) it will likely affect them. In any event I still would not
> decline the payment instead I would put the money to use right away so
> that, at worse, it only affects one month's benefits. If you have no
> bills to pay  or other immediate uses for it put it in a ABLE account or
> Special Needs Trust.
>
> Of course, if the payment would put you over the $30,000 limit for total
> property I would find some useful way to spend the money  well below the
> limit. Warning: do not give the money as a large gift to a family member
> or friend as that would be a transfer of property and would result in
> being forever disqualified from Blind Pension.
>
> If, for whatever reason, you no longer receive  benefits you should also
> get a letter which you do need to reply to in order receive the money.
>
>
>
> The amount of payment will vary widely. Those who did not come on to
> Blind Pension until  after 2006 will get a  very small settlement in
> relationship to others as in 2006 FSD took some steps to correct the
> underpayment.
>
> You do not need to report the payment to Social Security if you get Old
> Age Social Security  Benefits or Social Security Disability. You do need
> to report the payment if you are receiving SSI when you get the payment.
> It is best if when you report the payment to SSA for your SSI benefits
> you also send receipts and bank statements showing that you spent the
> money.
>
> Gene Coulter
>
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