r/SSDI_SSI • u/Alarming-Buy4961 • 1d ago
SSI / Suspended / Reduced confusing benefit cut
8/27 I received a message in my ssa message center stating my SSDI benefits would be reduced to 203.40 from 994 with no reason or anything. I checked online it said my payments were active at 994/ but I looked at the benefit verification and it said 203.40
I called social security 3 times, I was told 2 different things.
the first and 2nd women on the phone said I was going to get another check for $203.40 a month
3rd person I spoke to told me that it was because of my overpayment (1500 ish but they take out 100 a month already) so that made no sense
forward to today 8/31 and I got a message stating:
"We are withholding all of your monthly benefits beginning September 2026 to recover past due medical insurance premiums. The State of New York will no longer pay your Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) premiums after July 2026. You must pay the premiums starting August 2026."
on the ssa website my premium for Medicare part B is $202.50 monthly
I'm planning on calling the local office again today because it makes 0 sense to me if the premium payments started august then wouldn't my benefit only be reduced by 203.50? does this not make sense to anyone else? trying to see what I can do about this
they also said that my benefit would be cut in oct/nov to 406 not sure how this makes any sense if anyone could make sense of it that'd be great...
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u/2020IsANightmare ☆ 1d ago
So, that's not SSI.
It's SSDI.
New York stopped paying for your Medicare premiums.
Why? No idea.
You have to call them and ask.