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  Are SSI Benefits only paid to disabled people?
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  Are Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments only paid to disabled people?
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No.  SSI payments are made also to people who are age 65 or older and have limited income and financial resources.  For more information, see http://www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/11000.html.
 
 
 
  
 
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