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Older or disabled poverty

The proportion of older or disabled Americans suffering throughout severe poverty has been most sharply decreased due to such programs as: (w) Social Security and Medicare. (x) negative income taxes. (y) food stamps and subsidized housing. (z) the Employee Retirement Income Security Administration.

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