> Hi,
>
> This article: Disability payments may spur drug abuse (http://
>
www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-08/bc-dpm081307.php) claims that
>in CA, SSDI payments all come on the 3rd of the month. The article
>matches the group's news release
http://www.saprp.org/m_press_dobkin081307.cfm
>
>""SSI aid arrives on the first of the month and hospital admissions
>begin rising on the second while DI aid arrives on the third of the
>month and the admissions surge begins on the fourth," says lead
>author, Carlos Dobkin, PhD, with the University of California, Santa
>Cruz."
>
> I thought SSDI was spread out on the first four Wednesday's of the
>month depending on peoples SSN. Since its a Federal program I'd
>expect it to be the same across the country.
>
> Is CA different or is this quote wrong.
>
> Thanks,
>
>--
>Luke
People who have been getting title II benefits since back in the day
will continue to get them on the 3rd, but everyone else follows this
calendar:
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/calendar.htm
This business of California being an exception is news to me.
???????????
JW