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 ...

Our country continues to witness an alarming rise in the number of elderly people turning to the streets to beg to survive ...

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 ...

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