While the official Census Bureau's poverty measure shows 9 percent of the elderly nationally living in poverty, the share rises to about one in seven seniors (15 percent) under the Supplemental Poverty Bureau of the Legal Bureau, which takes into account out-of-pocket health costs and geographical differences in living costs . Produced by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Old and Poor: Forgotten America provides portraits of elderly people living in poverty, both in urban and rural areas across the United States.

This video shows the difficult challenges facing low-income parents to meet needs; Every day, they conjure up the cost of health care, safe housing, transportation and food. With live interviews with low-income seniors living in Baltimore, West Virginia, and Los Angeles, the video provides a context for ongoing discussions on policy changes to Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and Supplemental Security Income (SSI).