Economics of Aging; Toward a Full Share in Abundance: Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, First [and Second] Session[s] April 29, 1969-May 6, 1970, Volumes 1-4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969 - 2000 pages |
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... million social security beneficiaries - and of course these are not all older people about 18 million are older people . But of the whole 25 million , 10 million are enabled to live above the poverty level because of the social security ...
... million social security beneficiaries - and of course these are not all older people about 18 million are older people . But of the whole 25 million , 10 million are enabled to live above the poverty level because of the social security ...
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... million social security beneficiaries , about 10 million are able to live above the poverty level because of their social security benefits , but 8 million are still below that level . Even those above are generally quite low - income ...
... million social security beneficiaries , about 10 million are able to live above the poverty level because of their social security benefits , but 8 million are still below that level . Even those above are generally quite low - income ...
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... Millions of elderly poor - an estimated 8,000,000 at or below the poverty line and millions more who are perilously close to it- will be a little better off but they will continue to be deprived . Mr. Nixon has called the 7 per cent ...
... Millions of elderly poor - an estimated 8,000,000 at or below the poverty line and millions more who are perilously close to it- will be a little better off but they will continue to be deprived . Mr. Nixon has called the 7 per cent ...
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... million that are not under the social security program the civil service retirees constitute about 1 million , they and their survivors . Of this some 60 percent receive less than the so - called poverty level of $ 3,000 a year . More ...
... million that are not under the social security program the civil service retirees constitute about 1 million , they and their survivors . Of this some 60 percent receive less than the so - called poverty level of $ 3,000 a year . More ...
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... million aged that America feels they must remain in poverty . The foregoing summarizes the situation of many of the aged in America today , and the question is , what can we do about it ? There are many suggestions now before the ...
... million aged that America feels they must remain in poverty . The foregoing summarizes the situation of many of the aged in America today , and the question is , what can we do about it ? There are many suggestions now before the ...
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adequate Administration on Aging Advisory AFL-CIO age group aged persons amount areas Arne Anderson average beneficiaries Bureau Chairman coinsurance Committee on Aging consumer Consumer Price Index cost coverage disabled drugs early retirement earnings Economics of Aging elderly estimates facilities Federal financing fiscal funds Government health care expenditures health insurance health services hearing hospital income tax increase individual inflation Labor less major Medicaid Medicare ment million National negative income tax nursing home old age older persons ORIOL P/E ratios patients payments payroll tax percent physicians poverty poverty line present problems public assistance question reimbursement retired couple retirement income rising Senator MUSKIE Senior Citizens Social Security Administration social security benefits Source standard of living statement Statistics sumer survey task force tion U.S. Senate welfare widows women workers younger
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Page 447 - Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery.
Page 503 - Suitable housing, independently selected, designed and located with reference to special needs and available at costs which older citizens can afford. 4. Full restorative services for those who require institutional care.
Page 63 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for giving me this opportunity to appear before you today.
Page 387 - When it is said that the budget recommended is intended to cover the necessary minimum, 'necessary' is to be given the common interpretation as including what will meet the conventional and social as well as biological needs. It represents what men commonly expect to enjoy, feel that they have lost status and are experiencing privation if they cannot enjoy, and what they insist upon having. Such a budget is not an absolute and unchanging thing. The prevailing judgment...
Page 18 - I don't want to take up too much of the committee's time, but I...
Page 417 - Opportunity for employment with no discriminatory personnel practices because of age. 6. Retirement in health, honor, dignity after years of contribution to the economy.
Page 422 - Room 712, New Post Office Building 433 West Van Buren Street Chicago, Illinois 60607...
Page 4 - One of the things we know for certain about any age group is that it has no future. The young become middle-aged and the middle-aged become old, and the old die. Consequently, the support which the middle-aged give to the young can be regarded as the first part of a deferred exchange, which will be consummated when those who are now young become middleaged and support those who are now middle-aged who will then be old. Similarly, the support which the middle-aged give to the old can be regarded as...
Page 732 - ... miles in another direction. Dental care, in an effort to save the few remaining teeth, so that dentures would fit more firmly and food could be more properly chewed required numerous visits to a dentist at still another location. Then a bladder problem developed and prostatic disease was suspected. At about the same period, the patient showed lethargy and confusion, suggesting a mild cerebrovascular accident.
Page 448 - They are intended to include those goods and services that are necessary for a healthful, self-respecting mode of living that allows normal participation in the life of the community in accordance with current American standards.