Question

After reading the article, select the statements that are correct. Choose one or more: A. The cost-of-living adjustment for 2020 is more than what it was in 2019. B. The former program trustee argues that the current inflation measure overcompensates seniors since it ignores the substitution effect. C. According to advocates for seniors, the 2020 COLA is not enough to compensate for rising healthcare costs. D. Elizabeth Warren has proposed using a new inflation measure that outpaces the current one used. E. Next year, the average monthly Social Security payment will be almost $1,800.

Answer 1

• B. The former program trustee argues that the current inflation measure overcompensates seniors since it ignores the substitution effect.

• C. According to advocates for seniors, the 2020 COLA is not enough to compensate for rising healthcare costs.

• D. Elizabeth Warren has proposed using a new inflation measure that outpaces the current one used.

Step-by-step explanation:

The article is, ''Social Security checks to rise modestly amid push to expand benefits '' by Associated Press.

Blahous is a former program trustee who believes that the current inflation adjustment rate at which Social security is increasing is overcompensating seniors because it does not take into account that seniors could be switching to buying cheaper products which is the Substitution effect.

Advocates and the seniors themselves have complained that the 2020 COLA is not enough to meet their current needs especially given the rising cost of healthcare.

Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders both proposed using a new measure for inflation that will adequately compensate the seniors because it outpaces the current one used.