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Consumer Price Index: Cost-of-Living Concepts and the Housing and Medical Care Components

GGD-96-166 Published: Aug 26, 1996. Publicly Released: Aug 26, 1996.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO determined: (1) whether changes made to the housing component of the consumer price index (CPI) made it more or less suitable as a cost-of-living measure; and (2) the advantages and disadvantages of changing the current measurement of medical care costs to a cost of living measurement.

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