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Updates to the Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) threshold for SSDI beneficiaries in 2025, affecting their benefits and work incentives.
SSDI beneficiaries should retain clear, contemporaneous records of any earnings, work hours, employer communications, and work-related expenses so the Social Security Administration (SSA) does not cou...
The and operational shifts point to a narrower set of SSDI beneficiary groups who will face a higher risk of faster, “expedited” : beneficiaries whose medical conditions expects to improve, those with...
In 2026 the reiterated that beneficiaries have access to a suite of "" designed to let SSI and SSDI recipients test or return to work without immediately losing cash or health benefits, and it pushed ...
The are mostly incremental: cost-of-living increases and higher work-income thresholds that change who can earn while still qualifying, plus targeted technical updates to student exclusions and state ...
The law shapes through statutory formulas, annual adjustments, and eligibility tests that determine both how much non-working beneficiaries receive and whether they can receive anything at all; key 20...
is the yardstick for deciding whether a person’s work and earnings are inconsistent with the agency’s definition of disability: if work is both “substantial” (significant physical or mental activity) ...
Exceeding the 2026 Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) threshold does not mechanically cancel benefits but functions as a primary trigger for the Social Security Administration (SSA) to scrutinize a re...