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For older Americans, the cost of poverty is 9 years of life, study finds

October 9, 2025

CBS News reports on a new study from National Council on Aging: using the Health and Retirement Study, the authors find low-income people over 60 years old die an average of nine years earlier than high-income older Americans.

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