Question: Dear Steve, ME: 69-year-old single male living only on Social Security-no other money available. Former Radiology Tech for 28 years; a catastrophic illness put me on Disability in May 2001, where I remained until I turned 65 and the SSDI flipped to SSA. I live in the state of New York in Cold Spring, …
Question: Dear Steve, I am about to turn 69 years old. I am a disabled, retired Radiology Technologist who wound up on permanent disability from a catastrophic illness that drained me of all my savings resulting in my living solely on Social Security when I turned 65. There are a few instances where I “make” …
Question: Dear Steve, I’m on disability and losing everything I have. So any little thing I’m grateful for. Can you help me? Jimmy Answer: Dear Jimmy, I sat here looking at your question, frustrated by so little information to go by. Typically I’d skip past a question like this, but the longer I sat here …
Question: Dear Steve, How does qualifying go Disability SS affect my student loans with Navient? Horses Answer: Dear Horses, If the student loans are private loans then it doesn’t matter at all. If they are federal student loans then it would not automatically affect your loans but the determination would be helpful if you applied …
Question: Dear Steve, I’m on disability and being sued for $4,000; I have no other source of income. Will I be arrested if I don’t show up in court? I own a home, but it’s in my husband’s name. I do own an old Jeep. I have 216.00$ in my savings account. And bill money …
Question: Dear Steve, My son receives Social Security for Disability when Social Security was awarded, $600 was assigned to his daughters. A few months ago the office of Child Support in Florida, garnished her Social Security Benefits for $700 more. They said that if he does not provide evidence of the $600 previously assigned to …
Question: Dear Steve, The Department of Education denied my TPD (Total & Permanent Disability) form when Navient was still Sallie Mae back in 2010. Since then, I’ve had my SSDI offset after I started receiving collection notices through a 3rd party company contracted by the Department of Education. Fast Forward to 2016, and I was …
Bob wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org website He said, “Steve, I’m disabled and recently survived cancer and declared Bankruptcy on $3.8 million of Medical Debt that I had from 2016. I’ve rebuilt my credit from that, but then I went into kidney failure, leading to dialysis and a transplant. I’m on SSDI I and …
Question: Dear Steve, I am 57 yo male married 27 years my wife is 52 yo we both work full time but r in debit for cars, student loans, and house payment plus my wages r being garnished by SSI for overpayment We owe about 160,000.00 student loans 1 car pay 427.00/ month for 30 …
Question: Dear Steve, I have been disabled for 10 years now collecting only SSDI. I am over my head with credit card and student loan debt. My medical expenses and rent have gone up significantly in the past 2 years. My federal student loan is on an income-based repayment of $0/month. My private student loan …