An elderly Texas veteran was forced out of retirement and now delivers takeout on DoorDash so that his family can afford healthcare — an increasingly common reality for many older Americans struggling to make ends meet.
Larry Phillip Colvin, a 76-year-old Vietnam veteran, started delivering food in Mabank, about an hour southeast of Dallas, because his Social Security benefits couldn’t stretch to cover the medical bills of his wife, who requires surgery, and his son, who suffers from several autoimmune diseases, he said.
