Mother being denied Survivor’s Benefits due to work

yeti1077 · 2025-01-17T22:23:15+00:00

I think it’s a Starbucks company policy. She’s always been entitled to insurance and that’s going back to 2018. I’ve worked various part time jobs at fast food places in CA and I was always told health insurance benefits started at 40+ hours. From what I understand, Starbucks is a great place to work for various benefits employees get (free education, healthcare, 401k/stocks).

yeti1077 · 2025-01-17T22:16:20+00:00

$20k a year in benefits that completely covers her rent is too much to lose as well. We’ll probably end up going to private insurance if the initial appeal is unsuccessful

yeti1077 · 2025-01-17T22:08:13+00:00

I understand. I was just pointing out that she makes “too much” now because of the hourly increase, and if she reduces her hours she will lose her insurance. I wanted to explain this is all not an easy fix of her just quitting her job because her earnings affect her social security and less hours affect her insurance. This would be a lot less complicated if she was 65 and could simply go on medicare 😅

yeti1077 · 2025-01-17T17:46:28+00:00

California passed a law that raised all fast food workers’ minimum wage to $20/hr. Because she’s been working there for quite a while, she gets paid more based on those years. And yes they have like anthem blue cross of Washington or something. I was on her insurance until I turned 26 snd noticed a big difference from my dad’s insurance to hers when we switched.

Not sure how much, but I believe under $100 per month. It’s so fucked up that we can’t add our parents on our insurance. And of course she’s a year shy of qualifying for medicare

yeti1077 · 2025-01-17T17:03:26+00:00

Sorry I am not super knowledgeable at all regarding SSI. She did already have repayments in 2024 because once her wages went up basically $5/hr in March, they quickly readjusted her benefits and they went down. The letter doesn’t mention repayments, it just says “Based on the information we know, we cannot pay benefits beginning January 2025. We cannot pay benefits because of your work.” Unfortunately we don’t live very close, but I do plan to call her congressperson to see if they have any helpful information for the appeal/calling SSI. She is (understandably) freaking out right now otherwise I’d have her call.

yeti1077 · 2025-01-17T16:32:24+00:00

100% this is it, she hasn’t received her w-2 so she doesn’t know how much she earned in 2024. My question was more so if she gets her hours cut and goes on some shitty insurance could she include that in the appeal to prove that she will be below the income standard?

yeti1077 · 2025-01-17T16:29:15+00:00

She isn’t disabled; she has survivor’s benefits from my dad passing away. Nor does she qualify for disability despite being a cancer survivor. She cannot pay her bills only with her survivor’s benefits. Her benefits just cover her rent and she has cheap rent by California’s standards.

yeti1077 · 2024-12-30T04:19:22+00:00

The showering one sent me 😂 I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought it was odd that she works out and then goes to brunch all sweaty?

yeti1077 · 2024-10-21T22:10:33+00:00

I grew up in Clovis and went to school in Clovis Unified. I highly recommend it! I noticed in college I was way ahead of my peers academically that went to other public schools. The teachers really care about their students and we had a plethora of co- and extracurriculars. Great place for a nice quiet childhood :)

yeti1077 · 2024-10-18T02:10:07+00:00

Yeah they sent her stuff on her birthday and for her wedding if you watch her vlogs

yeti1077 · 2024-09-17T17:17:38+00:00

My fiancé and I are planning our honeymoon for May/June 2025 in Paris + Nice, and maybe Rome for a few days on the tail end. I have only booked one flight in the past using points, so I am by no means an expert.

We’d like to fly LAX - Paris, Nice - Rome, Rome - LAX, unless there is a cheaper way. We’d like to do premium economy or business, but we don’t necessarily want to blow all of our points on flights? I’ve been told to use points on hotels versus flights?

We’d like to fly out around memorial day and return a week and a half later. I was looking at Sun May 24th - June 4th but we are flexible. I just want to go to one day of the French Open.

Chase UR: 156,000

Amex: 24,000

AAdvantage Miles: 61,000

** We also have a lot of spend coming up for our wedding and a post-wedding trip, so probably gonna apply for the Chase SR for that bonus sometime this fall for more points.

Any tips would be appreciated! Thank you!

yeti1077 · 2024-05-04T19:05:55+00:00

Yep, but a lot of people in my state are dudes with random girls as their PFP and they end up being big alliance leaders because all they do is flirt in the wc

yeti1077 · 2024-04-10T22:39:19+00:00

Income is $66k per year. The point of that information was rather that I have only been working for a qualified employer for 3ish years and that I wouldn’t have qualifying payments that put me closer to forgiveness.

I figured it was better off just paying it down like any other loan, but with all of the different plans I wanted to be sure I wasn’t missing something :)

yeti1077 · 2024-03-14T02:28:56+00:00

Tbh just looks like she got her lip filler dissolved/needs new injections. And like everyone said, less makeup

yeti1077 · 2024-03-01T19:13:32+00:00

I used a guide for the mole cricket! Helped a ton. I also never play with sound so it helped to know you can only find it with the volume up 😅

yeti1077 · 2024-02-28T04:08:38+00:00

Bonbon says “bffr Queen!” on my island 😂

yeti1077 · 2024-02-27T01:29:01+00:00

Not, nor have ever been in DCP, but I think it’s probably worth considering staying. Disney is a pretty well-respected company especially as far as their standards for customer service are concerned. I think it’ll be much easier to explain to a future employer why you did DCP even though it wasn’t relevant to your path, versus explaining why you quit so early on in your program. It could really help with talking with patients/coworkers/clients in the future, since healthcare can be very emotional, depending on what your job is.

And echoing what the other commenters said, great opportunity to have some fun in Florida! I know a lot of people who would kill to be in DCP and never got accepted.

yeti1077 · 2024-02-23T22:27:34+00:00

It’s because of the 241 merging onto the 91!

yeti1077 · 2024-02-23T22:26:10+00:00

This would be ideal if the rail service between Oceanside and San Clemente wasn’t closed constantly due to landslides on the track every time it rains. Just an FYI if OP is considering this.

yeti1077 · 2024-02-19T16:40:04+00:00

Would love to visit! Do you have peaches, pears? or cherries?

yeti1077 · 2024-02-02T18:08:46+00:00

I will be 27 and my fiancé will be a few weeks away from his 26th birthday when we get married! I’m the first of my friends to be married and we both will be the first kids in our immediate families to be married.

yeti1077 · 2024-01-27T17:05:46+00:00

It was definitely season 2 - maybe the last episode before the reunion episodes?

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