A Cost-Of-Living Adjustment Is Based on the

question 94

Multiple Choice

A cost-of-living adjustment is based on the

• A)financing approved by Congress during each session.
• B)rate of inflation.
• C)relationship between the level of the federal deficit compared to the nation's
• Gross national product.
• D)changing needs of each recipient.

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