Ultimately, this drives up costs for our health system and our seniors, creating a cycle of poverty-based health care risks. In addition, seniors living at poverty levels may experience more ...

David W. Rasmussen, Florida State University (THE CONVERSATION) In 1959, more than a third of all elderly Americans lived in poverty. Slashing that number to under 10 percent by the late 1990s was ...

Proposals that Congress could enact this year, including through fast-track “reconciliation” legislation, would reduce ...

In percentage terms, the District of Columbia was the leading area with more than 20 percent of seniors living below the poverty line. In 2022, the poverty line was $14,040 for an individual age ...