Certain Social Security & Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries aren't eligible for $250 stimulus checks. Who won't get another federal government economic stimulus?
For the most part, the $250 stimulus checks authorized by President Obama are intended for individuals not currently in the workforce. This includes certain individuals who receive Social Security benefits or Supplemental Security Income from the Social Security Administration.
Learn who isn’t getting a check from the Social Security Administration (SSA) as well as what number to call if an expected payment doesn’t arrive. Also, find out how to qualify for an economic stimulus check and how the $250 will be paid.
Social Security & Supplemental Security Income Recipients – Who Won’t Get a 2009 Economic Stimulus Payment
According to the Social Security Administration, the following individuals will not receive a $250 economic stimulus payment:
Anyone on Medicare, but not Social Security or SSI benefits.
Children 18 and under (or 19 for those still in high school) who get social security benefits.
Individuals who receive reduced SSI benefits because they reside in a medical treatment facility (and whose care is over 50% covered by Medicaid).
Fugitives, individuals who are currently in prison, and anyone who has violated parole.
People whose benefits are suspended due to giving false or misleading statements.
Note: The list above is not exhaustive, but covers most reasons why someone wouldn’t receive a $250 check in 2009 despite being a recipient of benefits from the Social Security Administration.
Who Isn’tGetting a $250 Stimulus Check, Federal Economic Recovery Payment – Those Who Owe Money
Like the 2008 tax rebates, these $250 checks will be used to offset any federal income tax obligations. Additionally, anyone who owes more than $250 total to other federal or state agencies or in child support won’t get a check. The $250 payment will be used to offset those outstanding debts as well.
Bottom line – anyone who owes more than $250 total to state and federal government agencies (including the IRS) will not get a check. The Department of the Treasury should make this determination based on available information.
How to Qualify for an Economic Stimulus Check & How the $250 Will Be Paid
Individuals should be aware that no action is necessary on their part to qualify for a payment. The three agencies already know who does and does not qualify. Payments should be routed in the same manner (mailed to the same address or transferred to the same bank account, for example) as regular agency benefits.
What If Your Check Doesn’t Arrive? How to Contact the SSA
According to the Social Security Administration, individuals who expect to receive a check from the organization should not contact the administration’s offices unless the $250 stimulus payment isn’t received by June 4, 2009. To contact the SSA, call 1-800-772-1213 or contact a local Social Security office.
For detailed information on who will receive an economic stimulus payment, see the article $250 Stimulus Checks for Veterans & Retirees (link above).
Note: Certain individuals who receive benefits from the Railroad Retirement Board and Department of Veterans Affairs are also eligible for $250 economic stimulus payments. This article only covers rules specific to Social Security Administration beneficiaries.
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i feel that the elderly deserve the check but what about the drowning
worker that rent has risen and energy bill has doubled and just explained
away by the recession the economy is facing
May 22, 2009 9:01 AM
Guest :
i dont thank that the working class should be left out i thank that we
should also recieve a stimulus check,we need it just a bad a diabled people
maybe more.
May 24, 2009 1:18 PM
Guest :
i think that all the hardwork that we americans have done and all that
we are going thru we should recieve a stimulus check this year it is
our money the (taxpayers) that they are using.
May 25, 2009 2:27 PM
Guest :
Since I paid my taxes on April 15th in addition to having a lot of money
taken out of my paycheck, in my opinion, a rebate would help the already
taxed Americans instead of rewarding those who did not work at all ... I
would probably use the money to support a local business instead of paying
my mortgage which has to be paid anyway. What are those who did not work
or pay taxes using the money for? That being said, I do feel that senior
citizens on SS should get the money because most of them are really
strapped nowadays and need the money for health reasons or medications.
May 29, 2009 6:07 PM
Guest :
I this it sucks! If you work hard you get nothing, This country is set up
to give to the lazy who we already pay for with our taxes.
Jun 2, 2009 7:40 AM
Guest :
Let's see we the taxpayers can afford to grant another 30 BILLION to UAW,
and it is still gonna close factories, put people out of work and be in
debt. Why not help the American Taxpayers that are already taxed to death?I
remember my dad saying years ago that UAW was gonna ruin this country-I'm
just glad he is not here to see the shape it is in today. Mr President is
surely on the wrong track. How can we possibly come out of this mess when
when he keeps giving money away??????That we DON'T HAVE!!! Wake up Mr
President-there is NO CHANGE LEFT!!!!!Congratulations on owning 60 percent
of GM(what next). And they expect us to continue buying GM products -wrong-
NOT IN THIS HOUSEHOLD, hell I couldn't afford one anyway!!!
Jun 2, 2009 1:43 PM
Guest :
Yes I agree that our senior citizens should be granted a stimulus package
and if the truth be told, a lot more than that considering how our previous
president(Bush) has taken all of the American money to Iraq and why?????
you have enough hunger,and poverty situations in our own country that you
seemed to care about. Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You!!!! Ask What
You Can Do For Your Country!!!! Like can I work hard all my life, pay
taxes,and expect for our government leaders to allow all these foreigners
to come over and take our jobs, open a business without paying taxes,
buying houses we cannot even get, well if they are going to be citizens of
the USA then heck make them live the same way we do. Now that President
Obama is finally letting Americans see where the money is going, now you
ave a bunch of self- righteous critics complaining about that too. The heck
with the American society that feel they have a right to judge our new
president, after all who started this mess in the first place, is it such a
threat that a half black man is over our country, that so many feel
inferior or is the real fear coming from how his race has always been
treated. Everybody say he's the first African American President, well what
about the other part of him, oh I guess so !!!!! It's more about skin color
than the color of the dollar bills that at least now we can see what it
looks like... Everything is going down because of a DIVIDED COUNTRY.....
not because of money....
Jun 4, 2009 8:01 PM
Guest :
how much did it cost 4 the lovely obamas date night a few days ago? guess
these things are kept kinda sorta under rwaps these days.huh?
Jul 22, 2009 2:49 AM
Guest :
I have worked and paid taxes most of my life just like most able americans
and never have I complained about what the gov has done with it.U know
helping people out thats on ssi with a $250 1 time payment is a hell of
alot better than blown the hell out of a country and then tring to rebuild
it.Or as stated by another person the presidents lil vacations with the
family. And iam pretty sure that alot of the people on ssi have paid taxes
before. If we as americans would learn to put GOD first then people then
money then things we all would be living in a much better America. After
all George Washington said all men are created equal and we are 1 nation
under GOD!!!!!!!!!!!
Oct 14, 2009 9:36 PM
Guest :
I receive SSI, due to permanent disability. Starting Jan. 2009, it was
$907. March'09, it went down to $870. Then it went down to $850. Now it
will go down to $845 beginning Nov.'09. I am in Calif. The amounts going
downward and downward are thanks to Gov. Arnold Schwartzenegger. I am very
thankful for the $250 payment.
May 6, 2009
