The idea of the poverty line dates back to 1963, when Mollie Orshansky, a statistician for the Social Security Administration ...

A new initiative is poised to benefit low-income households by offering them a significant annual cash injection.

This amount, estimated as the amount needed to set up basic social protection schemes in the world’s lowest-income countries, is affordable for the international community.

Medicaid provides healthcare coverage for eligible low-income individuals and families in Texas. However, eligibility is ...

Today, the U.S. Census Bureau still uses these calculations to determine what income is considered poverty level. The federal poverty level (FPL) affects everything from health insurance programs ...