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COBRA - Widow Pickle
Certain disabled widow(er)s were discontinued from SSI/SSP because of a change in computation factors that occurred in 1983, which resulted in an increase in their RSDI, widow(er)s Social Security benefits. In some cases, the increase in their RSDI benefits was enough to raise their incomes above the SSI payment level, thus their SSI check and Medi-Cal were discontinued. There are very few persons eligible for Widow Pickle benefits. Eligible persons are in Aid Code 36.
Important: Widow Pickle applications must have been filed between July 1, 1986 and July 1, 1988. Applications filed after July 1, 1988 are not eligible for consideration.
Widow Pickle Screening Test
To be eligible for Widow(er) Pickle benefits, a person must meet all of the following criteria:
- Was under age 60 when he/she first began receiving RSDI, Social Security benefits; and
- Is now receiving RSDI and has received it continuously since December, 1983; and
- Received Social Security Disabled Widow(er)s benefits in January, 1984; and
- At any time, received both SSI/SSP and RSDI in the same month; and
- No longer receives SSI/SSP due to the 1983 increases in Widow(er)s benefits.
Once the initial screening test (above) is passed, compute Pickle eligibility:
- Title II Disregard Computation
- Needs Test
- Financial Eligibility Test
- Pickle Resource Determination.
Related Topics
Pickle Amendment - Lynch v. Rank