FYI Premies can get SSI

edited September 2011 in Premature Babies
Premature Infants Newborns automatically meet SSI's definition of disability if their birth weight is below thresholds set according to the gestational age at birth. The threshold ranges from 2,000 g (4 lbs. 6 oz.) for a full-term infant---37 to 40 gestational weeks---to 1,325 g (2 lbs. 15 oz.) at 33 gestational weeks. A weight below 1,325 g at any gestational age is automatically eligible. The child must also meet SSI's income and resource limits. The parents' income and resources affect eligibility beginning the month after the month of discharge from the hospital. Upon discharge, the basic benefit amount is offset by the parents' income.
Here's the link to the whole page.
http://www.ehow.com/about_7462719_qualifications-social-security-benefits-newborn.html
Just another thing I thought I would pass along
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