74 pages. "Given the recent attention focused on indexing, this report examines [1] the current use of indexing in the Social Security program and how reform proposals might modify that use, [2] the experiences of other developed nations that have modified indexing, [3] the effects of modifying the indexing on the distribution of benefits, and [4] the key considerations associated with modifying the indexing." [GAO-06-804, Sept. 14, 2006]