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Premature and low birth weight babies may qualify for Social Security disability benefits

Nov 3rd, 2009
by Tomasz Stasiuk.
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Under Social Security regulations low birth weight babies may qualify for Social Security disability (Supplemental Security Income – SSI) benefits.
It is important to note that Social Security does not specifically consider whether the child is premature or not. Social Security considers the birth weight of the child:
“Low birth weight” is defined as a birth weight [...]