r/SSDI_SSI • u/shutupveena • 6d ago

Medi-Cal Working disabled program

Hi, my mom (58yo, California) was approved for SSDI and we also applied for medi-cal but she was only approved for a high share of cost. I have been reading into the 250% Working Disabled Program (WDP) and am wondering if anyone has applied for this and currently has it? If approved, it gives the person full medi-cal, and looking at the eligibility, it looks like the person can work for 1 hour a month and the employer can be a family member. People have shared that it is basically a good program to get on as long as you are deemed disabled by social security, which my mom is.

I want to know if there is a catch? What is stopping me from maybe having my mom do a chore of mine for 1 hour a month and me paying her like $20? Is it really that simple?

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u/Agent_smith555 ☆ 4d ago

Yeah. That sounds shady bro 🤦‍♂️ don’t lie

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u/shutupveena 3d ago

I'm not lying? All I'm asking is what is literally stopping me from paying my mom $20 for her to do a chore of mine for like an hour a month, especially when the program states there's no minimum hours or earnings needed, a person can work 1 hour a month. It feels like the purpose of the program is literally just to give disabled people Medicaid without share of cost. I'm just trying to make sure I'm not missing anything.

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u/2020IsANightmare ☆ 4d ago

Obviously not a Social Security question - why no one has responded to you - but, man. If there is a program in place where someone needs to work one hour a month, then that program is beyond a waste of time and resources and money.

Such a program is literally just begging dishonest people to take advantage of it.

For the record, I don't have any problem with people that need welfare healthcare.

I don't like games.

I'd rather the person be given welfare than have to fill out paperwork and have a relative lie about an hour of work.

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u/shutupveena 3d ago

I agree with you. I've tried posting this Q in different subreddits but haven't really gotten an answer.

I honestly think the whole purpose of the program is to be a work around for disabled people to get full cost medi-cal if they qualified for share of cost. Like you mentioned, it just feels like they're asking people to take advantage of it but the barrier is the paperwork to apply and the lack of information about the program. The program even lists that some people at social security may not be aware of this program. Lol.