Empowering Seniors: Enhancing Health and Wellbeing Through Medicare Advantage Plans in Low-Income Communities Believe it or not, poverty has been reported as a health issue amongst seniors, with 45 percent of adults ages 65 and older being considered impoverished, falling below the poverty level. This is according to a 2015 Kaiser report. The main contributing factors to this number include the availability of financial resources, financial liabilities such as cost of living, the demand for benefits like food stamps and Medicaid,