Fraternity-Testvériség, 1958 (36. évfolyam, 1-11. szám)
1958-02-01 / 2. szám
FRATERNITY 15 PROBLEMS ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY Question: My father-in-law is 61. He hasn’t worked in two years because of ill health. (11 Is he entitled to social security benefits? (2) If so, when is he to apply? Answer: He may be eligible for benefits beginning with July 1957 when cash disability payments start to disabled workers 50 years of age and over. (2) He should inquire at his local Social Security office before July of this year. Question: I have been drawing social security of $44.60 since August 1956. My husband is retiring the first of the year. Do I still draw my social security or do I have to give it up when he retires? Answer: You will still draw your social security. You may also be eligible to draw an additional sum as a wife, provided your husband’s monthly benefit is more than $89.20. Question: I worked under Social Security from 1937 to 1944 and on the Railroad from July 1945 to October 1953. I have worked under Social Security ever since October 1953. Due to the large payments under the Railroad, how do I stand? Answer: As you do not have 120 months of railroad employment, your railroad wages are treated exactly as if they were wages earned in social security employment. Question: I am 41 years of age and became totally and permanently disabled with multiple sclerosis in September 1956. I have been under social security since I got out of the Army in 1945. Am I entitled to anything under social security? Answer: You should apply at your local Social Security office to have your benefits frozen so that you can draw at age 50. Cash social security disability benefits cannot be paid to individuals under 50. Question: I worked under social security from 1937 to July 1956, when I began working under civil service. (1) Do I have to work any more under social security to be eligible at age 65? (2) Can I draw both social security and civil service retirement? Answer: (1) No. (2) Yes. Question: I will be 72 in July 1957. (1) Can I earn $1200 to that date and then work full time the remainder of the year and draw my social security checks for all 12 months of 1957? (2) Is vacation money and Christmas money considered in the allowable yearly earnings? Answer: No. Your yearly earnings in 1957 are pro-rated over the entire year. Regardless of your total earnings in 1957, however, you can still draw your benefits beginning with the month of July. (2) Yes, these must be included. Question: My wife is a private duty nurse and was under social security as a self-employed person in 1951 and 1952 only, as she became ill in 1953. She is 55 years old. Will she get any benefits for what she paid in? Answer: No.
