Social Security Information

Social Security information changes frequently. Please refer to the official government website for Social Security for updated information.

Social Security Watch – according to the latest report of its Board of Trustees, Social Security trust funds will remain solvent until 2037 (until 2039 for retirement benefits and 2020 for disability benefits.) At that time, Social Security payroll-tax revenues will be sufficient to pay about three-fourths of the expected benefit obligations. Social Security’s administrative costs are about 0.6% of Social Security’s total expenditures.

Extension codes are explained below

Social Security

  1. Social Security Offices in Southern Illinois
  2. Social Security benefits, including the earnings limitation, full retirement age & choosing a retirement date.
  3. Social Security Disability
  4. Información en Español.

Other Income & Financial Assistance

If you are having financial difficulties, here are some additional resources to supplement your income:

  1. Circuit Breaker & Illinois Cares Rx
  2. Employment & Job Training
  3. Estate Planning
  4. Illinois LINK Card (food stamps) -- and its eligibility guidelines.
  5. Government benefits checklist.
  6. Homestead Exemptions & Tax Payment Deferral
  7. National Clearinghouse on Long Term Care
  8. Nursing Home Costs, Who Pays?
  9. Public Aid - Department of Human Services.
  10. Public Assistance Programs
  11. Reverse Mortgages
  12. Spousal Impoverishment Prevention -- when a spouse goes into the nursing home.
  13. SSI -- or Supplemental Security Income -- and its eligibility guidelines.
Extension Codes
The following is a brief list of some of the identification codes used by the Social Security Administration as extensions of the Medicare number. For a copy of the complete list of all of these codes, contact the Illinois SHIP program toll free at 1.800.548.9034.
Code Identification Code Identification
A Primary claimant.  D4 Widow, remarried after age 60.
B Aged wife (1st claimant).  D5 Widower, remarried after age 60.
B1 Aged husband (1st claimant).  M Medicare Part B eligibility, only.
B6 Divorced wife (1st claimant).  M1 Qualified for Part A, but elects Part B, only.
BR Divorced husband (1st claimant).  TA Medicare qualified government employee (primary beneficiary).
C Child (a number may follow the C indicating the number of that child).  W Disabled widow (1st claimant).
D Aged widow.  W1 Disabled widower (1st claimant).
D1 Aged widower.
For People Who Receive Railroad Medicare
Code Identification Code Identification
A Wage earner WA Widow
MA Spouse CA Child
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