More older Americans were living in poverty in 2024, new data on income, poverty, and health insurance released by the Census Bureau shows. According to the supplemental poverty measure, which takes ...

This chart shows poverty rates* in the United States, by age group (in percent).

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) David W. Rasmussen, Florida State University (THE CONVERSATION) In 1959, more than a ...

It is a national disgrace that poverty-level federal pensions are forcing our vulnerable elders to seek help in getting ...

A Brookings report argues Social Security’s funding shortfall shouldn’t trigger a shift to flat benefits. While trust funds face depletion by 2032, experts say preserving wage replacement protects ...

Beneficiaries who earn more than four times the federal poverty level wouldn’t be eligible for any subsidies on marketplace plans if the enhanced premium tax credits expire at the end of the year. The ...