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Find up-to-date information on the rates that SSA sets annually.

SSA Desktop Quick Facts 2023

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2023 Desktop Quick Facts

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) (2024)

  Individual  Couple
Federal Benefit Rate $943/month (2023: $914) $1,415/month (2023: $1,371)
Resource Limits $2,000 $3,000

Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) (2024)

Non-Blind Blind
$1,550/month (2023: $1,470) $2,590/month (2023: $2,460)

Trial Work Period (2024)

Trial Work Period Minimum earnings before a month will count as trial work month for SSDI beneficiaries: $1,110/month (2023: $1,050)

Student Earned Income Exclusion (2024)

Monthly Limit Annual Limit
$2,290 (2023: $2,220) $9,230 (2023: $8,950)

Social Security Credits (2024)

Earnings to Qualify for Credits Credits needed for Disability Benefits*

$1,730/ one quarter of coverage (QC), (i.e., "credit") (2023: $1,640)

Up to a max of $6,920/ four credits (2023: $6,560)

  • If you become disabled before age 24, you generally need 1½ years of work (six credits) in the three years before you became disabled.
  • If you are 24 through 30, you generally need credits for half of the time between age 21 and the time you became disabled.
  • If you are disabled at age 31 or older, you generally need at least 20 credits in the 10 years immediately before you became disabled.

*How many credits you need for disability benefits depends on how old you are when you become disabled.

Medicare Costs (2024)

  Part A Part B Part D
Premium

Either $278 or $505 depending on how long you or your spouse worked and paid Medicare taxes. (2023: Either $278 or $506)

Most people don’t pay a premium because of Medicare-covered employment.

$174.70/month (2023: $164.90) if 2022 income was less than $103,000 (individual)/$206,000 (joint) Base premium (depending on plan) plus an Income Related Monthly Adjustment Amount (IRMA) ranging from $12.90 - $81.00/month if 2022 annual income was above $103,000 (individuals)/$206,000 (joint filers) 
Deductible Hospital inpatient: $1,632 (2023: $1,600) for each inpatient hospital benefit period before Original Medicare starts to pay. $240/year (2023: $226) before Original Medicare starts to pay. Varies by plan and pharmacy.

Medicare Savings Programs - Income and Resource Limits (2023/24)

  QMB
Qualified Medicare
Beneficiary
SLMB
Specified Low-Income
Medicare Beneficiary
QI
Qualifying Individual
 
QDWI
Qualified Disabled and
Working Individual
Monthly Income Limit* (2023) Individual: $1,235
Couple: $1,663
Individual: $1,478
Couple: $1,992
Individual: $1,660
Couple: $2,239
Individual: $4,945
Couple: $6,659
Resource Limit (2024) Individual: $9,430
Couple: $14,130
Individual: $9,430
Couple: $14,130
Individual: $9,430
Couple: $14,130
Individual: $4,000
Couple: $6,000

*Income limits slightly higher in Alaska and Hawaii

Continued Medicaid Eligibility (1619(b)) Thresholds (2023)

State Threshold State Threshold
Alabama $37,617 Montana $41,475
Alaska $85,727 Nebraska $43,475
Arizona $46,371 Nevada $41,281
Arkansas $43,893 New Hampshire $42,510
California $56,758 New Jersey $54,954
Colorado $52,519 New Mexico $46,022
Connecticut $54,502 New York $52,286
Delaware $47,870 North Carolina $42,053
District of Columbia (DC)  $56,523 North Dakota $56,641
Florida $37,379 Ohio $41,830
Georgia $35,105 Oklahoma $42,434
Hawaii $46,714 Oregon $41,630
Idaho $45,688 Pennsylvania $49,565
Illinois $38,079 Rhode Island $45,286
Indiana $41,201 South Carolina $37,550
Iowa $48,198 South Dakota $44,341
Kansas $38,975 Tennessee $39,061
Kentucky $38,898 Texas $47,107
Louisiana $37,322 Utah $51,568
Maine $46,382 Vermont $47,138
Maryland $48,604 Virginia $48,092
Massachusetts $45,820 Washington $48,677
Michigan $42,027 West Virginia $36,872
Minnesota $68,071 Wisconsin $45,785
Mississippi $37,431 Wyoming $47,427
Missouri $49,608    

 

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