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The St. Louis Post Dispatch, May 28, 2009: (Op-Ed) When the right to die becomes a duty
"Wagner, a great-grandmother and retired bus driver living in a low-income apartment, could not afford the drug herself. So she asked her state-run health insurance plan for help"
The Associated Press, May 21, 2009: AARP pushes for lower electric bills
"AARP says about 40 percent of the state's senior citizens make less than $22,000 a year and roughly half the population would be eligible for the program"
The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 18, 2009: (Editorial) There are solutions
"Social Security and Medicare help to prevent millions of seniors from falling into poverty in retirement. The programs must be fixed, sooner rather than later"
The Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, May 13, 2009: Seniors to receive bonus Social Security payments
"The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act states the windfall cannot be counted as recipients' income, which might have disqualified some low-income seniors and disabled adults from government assistance"
The Washington Post, May 13, 2009: Alarm Sounded On Social Security
"[A] government forecast that ratchets up pressure on the Obama administration and Congress to stabilize the retirement system that keeps many older Americans out of poverty"
The Associated Press, May 12, 2009: NY senators push for elderly health care
"EPIC provides prescription drugs as discounted prices for older New Yorkers living on low and moderate incomes"
The Los Angeles Times, May 11, 2009: SEIU may be linked to ultimatum on withholding stimulus funds
"The rapidly expanding program is intended to keep low-income elderly and disabled Californians out of nursing homes. People who qualify for the program can hire anyone they choose to take care of them, including relatives and friends"
The San Francisco Chronicle, May 8, 2009: Retirees' stimulus payments get started
"The payments are the counterpart to the Making Work Pay tax credit, which will give most low- and middle-income workers about $400 over the course of the year via smaller paycheck withholdings"
The Los Angeles Times, May 8, 2009: U.S. threatens to rescind stimulus money over wage cuts
"The wages at issue involve workers who care for some 440,000 low-income disabled and elderly Californians"
The Miami Herald, May 7, 2009: Miami Gardens will expand Seniors Never Alone Program
"According to the American Community Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau, 11 percent of the city's population is 65, and 23 percent are living below the poverty line"
The Washington Post, April 30, 2009: Rooms With a View of the Future
"It was financed mostly with $8 million in federal low-income housing tax credits distributed by the state"
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 27, 2009: Senior citizens learn to stick up for selves
"'Many lower income seniors live in areas where crime is increasing,' Economopoulos said. 'In some cases, they are unable to make changes to their homes that would make them safer - such as alarms systems and better locks - because of finances'"