Well, he was saying she would not qualify because she had no work history. From everything that I know, that is correct. You can only get disability if you have quarters of income to report. There is no required work history if you apply for SSI, which is the low income program for those who are not eligible for disability.
As I am on disability, I can tell you that you do get approved immediately for benefits with a terminal diagnosis, but you still don't receive a payment from disability for five months....My first payment comes in April, and I was approved in November. They are trying to get legislation through that will change this, but for right now you are approved immediately but still have the same waiting period as everyone else. It does need to be changed...
Sorry if anything I said was inaccurate..I was just saying what happened in my situation when applying for disability and currently receiving SSI until the disability payments kick in.
