Massachusetts seniors struggle to get by

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Massachusetts seniors struggle to get by.

 

Massachusetts has the second-largest population of elderly residents who are scraping to get by, second only to Mississippi, according to the 2016 Elder Economic Security Standard Index.

 

More than half of Bay State seniors are struggling to pay for housing, food and health care as the cost of living in Massachusetts continues to surge.

 

Said Massachusetts Senior Action Council Executive Director Carolyn Villers, “I think Social Security is the core of what a lot of people rely on, but it hasn’t kept pace.  Pensions have been cut back. Expenses have gone up much faster and the cost of housing and health care are particularly challenging for folks.”

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