SOCIAL SECURITY WEBSITE 

At the Social Security website, http://www.socialsecurity.gov/, you can:

• APPLY FOR SOCIAL SECURITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS
• APPLY FOR MEDICARE BENEFITS
• APPLY FOR DISABILITY (SSDI) BENEFITS
• APPLY FOR A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND CARD
• LOCATE A SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE
• OBTAIN INFORMATION ON BENEFIT PROGRAMS INCLUDING:

Retirement benefits with links to information on:

• Planning your retirement;
• Estimating your benefits;
• Applying for retirement benefits;
• Services for current beneficiaries;
• Services for Medicare beneficiaries;
• Retirement information in Spanish; and
• Other frequently asked questions;

Survivor benefits with links to information on:

• Reporting a death;
• Services for persons receiving survivors benefits;
• Obtaining publications on survivors benefits; and
• Other frequently asked questions;

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) with links to information on:

• Disability benefits;
• Applying for disability benefits;
• Services for current beneficiaries;
• Appealing medical decisions about a disability claim;
• Employment support for people with disabilities;
• Work incentives for people with disabilities; and
• Other related topics and frequently asked questions;

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) with links to information on:

• Applying for Supplemental Security Income;
• SSI Disability benefits for children;
• Services for current SSI beneficiaries; and
• Other frequently asked questions;

Medicare with links to information on:

• Extra Help with Medicare prescription drug costs;
• Applying for Extra Help with Medicare prescription drug costs;
• Replacing lost, stolen or damaged Medicare cards;
• Medicare benefits;
• Applying for Medicare benefits; and
• Other frequently asked questions
  

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PREPARED BY: 211/rj
CONTENT LAST REVIEWED: June2010