There has been a great deal of news about the impact of the recently passed “Big Beautiful Bill” on virtually all U.S. residents, including those of us here in Western North Carolina. I want to highlight its devastating effects on a great number of people here age 60 and over.
I am a retired health care executive. I am also an AARP volunteer leading a project: Food Insecurity Among People Age 60+ in WNC: A Well-kept Secret.
Over a three-month period earlier this year, another AARP volunteer and I visited nine different free food pantries and congregate dining sites across WNC. We interviewed about 50 older clients of those sites…