Missoulian: Senate
adopts GOP change on gay rights bill
“The supplemental poverty measure deducts various necessary
expenses from income; these include medical out-of-pocket expenses, income and
payroll taxes, child care expenses and work-related expenses. These expenses
reduce income available for necessary basic goods purchases including food,
clothing, shelter and utilities (FCSU) and a small additional amount to allow
for other needs. Deducting medical out-of-pocket expenses increases the
supplemental poverty rate by 3.4 percentage points. Without accounting for
medical out-of-pocket expenses, the number of people living below the poverty
line would have been 39.2 million rather than the 49.7 million people classified
as poor with the supplemental poverty measure.”
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