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"What will be required, if tens of millions of Americans are to escape poverty in their 'golden years,' is a fundamental re-thinking of the problem of old-age security"

"[A] 2006 policy change that removed millions of low-income elderly from Medicaid drug coverage and had them pay higher prices for the same drugs under Medicare"

"Gates will soon have some more affordable housing for seniors."

"Discount programs include a year-round, low-income assistance program and LITE-UP Texas, which runs from May through September, when bills are likely to be highest."

"...[T]here is a lesser-known innovation in Massachusetts that may offer greater lessons to our nation in improving health and lowering cost. It is called Senior Care Options, and it targets a population largely ignored by health reform - seniors."

"Jewish senior citizens need affordable assisted-living facilities, access to transportation and improved hospital chaplaincy services..Fifty percent of low-income Jews are over 75 and live alone... [Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County study]."

"The in-home program provides critical care to 430,000 low-income Californians in their homes so they are not forced to move into institutions or onto the streets."

"Federal data on meth lab seizures suggest that there are tens of thousands of contaminated residences in the United States. The victims include low-income elderly people whose homes are surreptitiously used by relatives or in-laws to make meth..."

"More than 10 bloggers from Tallahassee.com gathered at Lake Ella on Saturday to collect donations for an apartment complex for homeless veterans on Lake Bradford Road."

"The Atlantic Development Group [worked] with the Highbridge Community Development Corporation on the project. Highbridge, a nonprofit corporation with a mission to create homes for families and people with special needs..."

"Gov. Pat Quinn on Friday signed into law a bill to limit how much utilities can charge low-income customers and to create a program to let them pay bills over time and avoid disconnection."

"Applicants who are eligible include those who have exhausted unemployment insurance...Other applicants who will be considered include individuals with a substantial disability, homeless individuals, low-annualized family income..."