Measuring Poverty in the U.S.--Time to Get it Right

How we measure poverty matters. It's about time we adjusted our measure to get a more accurate count.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/04/AR2011010404431.html

Of course, step two after measurement would be actually doing something about it? Maybe a more accurate count that shows more elders in poverty than we thought will motivate some to act. It's overdue.