Social Security is the backbone of millions of Americans, especially seniors who rely heavily on it. And given recent ...

More than 660,000 older Americans in California are living below the poverty line, according to an analysis by the health ...

this propelled many seniors into poverty. In fact, more than one in three Americans over 65 were living below the poverty line -- more than double the rate of those under 65. Medicare was an ...

Social Security is arguably the most successful anti-poverty program in American history. Before President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed it into law in 1935, more than 50 percent of seniors lived in ...

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 ...

Recent cuts eliminated a small, specialized workforce that sets the poverty standards determining who is eligible for ...

Elderly people aged 65 and above had the highest poverty rate, with about 45 per cent of the city’s seniors living in poverty, totalling around 584,000 people. After taking into account policy ...

Line was among the participants of the Seniors’ Voices on Poverty Forum organized by the Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre Tuesday, March 28. The event, held at the centre, included panel ...

Policies like this help seniors living above and below the poverty line, as well as those who make too much to qualify for assistance but are still struggling. A 2021 study by the Gerontology ...