Altarum Institute Urges OMB to Consider Alternatives to Its Proposed Approach to Improving the Official Poverty Measure
June 24, 2019
June 24, 2019
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 24 -- The Altarum Institute issued the following news release:
OMB is proposing to use an alternative, lower measure of inflation than the traditional Consumer Price Index (CPI) to adjust the income thresholds connected to the poverty guidelines. In response to OMB's request for public comment on the proposed action, Altarum submitted a letter encouraging OMB to examine alternative approaches to improving the Official Poverty Measure that will more accurate . . .
OMB is proposing to use an alternative, lower measure of inflation than the traditional Consumer Price Index (CPI) to adjust the income thresholds connected to the poverty guidelines. In response to OMB's request for public comment on the proposed action, Altarum submitted a letter encouraging OMB to examine alternative approaches to improving the Official Poverty Measure that will more accurate . . .