uhh, hate that I worded things all harsh and what not....anyways not sure what options there are in the meantime if you don't qualify for SSI, perhaps SSDI as that is a bit different and I think you can have more assets, but then you have to have worked for a significant amount of time before becoming disabled.

But if you cannot access that pension fund, it is sort of crappy it disqualifies from SSI...any way to access that money sooner if you need to?

But yeah while you are not one there are people who sort of scam their way onto SSI/SSDI, but I think its fairly uncommon and it was stupid of me to assume you'd fall in that catagory....guess I also sort of thought you meant you had access to pension fund that was livable amount so could spend the money right now if you wanted...so seemed confusing you'd want SSI if you already had money coming in.