Just know it can take upwards of a year or more to get a decision, most often you are denied the first few times. Then you have to get an attorney and if you are approved then, then the attorney gets 25% of your back pay. Also, you will only make about $800 to $850 per month. You will qualify for MediCaid only which, here in California, gets you meds and pdoc appt.'s every 3-6 months, but no counseling. That being said. I have been on it before until I was able to work again. But my mom helped me out financially, considerably. Without her I would have been homeless.