Preliminary analyses of the 2010 U.S. Census indicated that less than one in ten American seniors live in poverty. But a new and more nuanced “supplemental” poverty metric finds that number may actually be closer to one in seven seniors when accounting for their out-of-pocket medical bills. The “original” poverty metric has been used since the 1960s. But some argue that it’s an archaic measuring stick, since health […]

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