Notice of Payments Received (SSI)
I just received an SSI notice from the Social Security Administration I need some advice on. I will highlight the important parts. It said:
"This is a very important letter about keeping your SSI. We need more information to decide if we can continue to pay you SSI. We need to see all of the items listed below from August 1, 2009 to the present. We received information from computer matching with the IRS. Since this information may affect your SSI eligibility or payment amount, we would like to discuss it with you. The information we received was from: 'pension records from-private pensions for Motorists Life Insurance Company'. The match indicates you received a payment of $3,000 in 2009. We need to know what this was for and when you received it".
If we do not hear from you we may stop your SSI, or contact us within 30 days to tell us why. If we stop your SSI, you could also lose any Medicaid you have now.
MY COMMENTS: This is true. I did receive , in 2009, $3,000 in life insurance proceeds from the company stated. No other money was received at any other time since. Why they are only contacting me about this now,2 years later, I do not know. I did not report it because I did not think non-taxable life insurance proceeds would be counted as earned income relating to SSI by the Social Security Administration. This money was used for paying a personal debt to someone. Neither I nor the other person have any paperwork still regarding this transaction. Am I in trouble here? What do you advise I do? I receive the state's maximum SSI payment of $103 a month in addition to my regular SSD payment of $678 as I am disabled, many years now. Should I see a lawyer? What would SSA accept as permissible use of this money and view how I did use it? How would they currently view it and the future? I obviously do not wish to lose my SSI payment, nor my Medicaid. (I also have Medicare)
Thank you for any and all responses to this question. I live in N.Y.
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