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As I explained in recent testimony before the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, the old-age poverty rate in the US is 23%, compared to about 15% in the United Kingdom ...

Data: U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey; Note: Poverty thresholds determined by annual income, family size and family composition; Chart ... While poverty rates declined locally ...

America’s poverty rate is now at its highest level in two generations ... whether they occur in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, or the United States,” continued Offenheiser. “We need a lively national ...