Vital Details
- About 23% of People over age 65 live in poverty, according to the Firm for Financial Co-operation and Growth. That is one particular of the best shares between made nations.
- U.S. Census data suggests a lesser share of the aged are very poor, and that aged-age poverty nationwide has been slipping.
- Gurus say tweaks to Social Safety added benefits would be the most effective way to handle senior poverty. But it would be high-priced at a time when the program’s finances are currently shaky.
