WASHINGTON — The ranks of America’s poor are greater than previously known, reaching a new level of 49.1 million — or 16 percent — due to rising medical costs and other expenses that make it harder ...

WASHINGTON -- The official poverty rate for Americans 65 years and older has stood for years at 10 percent, the lowest rate among age groups. But the true rate could be nearly twice that high, ...

WASHINGTON -- The poverty rate among older Americans could be nearly twice as high as the traditional 10 percent level, according to a revision of a half-century-old formula for calculating medical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last year, 11.6% of people in the U.S. lived below the federal poverty level, a number that has ticked up in recent years, ...