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Using a Different Cost-of-Living Measure for Social Security Beneficiaries: Some Policy Considerations

This report explains how the Social Security COLA is computed under current law and discusses some of the concerns that have been raised about the CPI-W as a true measure of the cost of living. It then provides a brief summary of alternative measures of inflation that have attracted recent attention, such as the C-CPI-U and the CPI-E. The report offers policy considerations with respect to changing the COLA calculation, including economic security among the eligible beneficiary population, the potential impact on older retirees' benefit amounts, administrative issues related to alternative price indices, and the financial impact on Social Security of basing the COLA on alternative CPI indices. It concludes with key recent proposals to require alternative COLA computations

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Using a Different Cost-of-Living Measure for Social Security Beneficiaries: Some Policy Considerations [Order No: R42086 Release Date: Dec 20,2012 Pages: 14]

Using a Different Cost-of-Living Measure for Social Security Beneficiaries: Some Policy Considerations [Order No: R42086 Release Date: Jan 03,2012 Pages: 15]

Using a Different Cost-of-Living Measure for Social Security Beneficiaries: Some Policy Considerations [Order No: R42086 Release Date: Nov 16,2011 Pages: 15]