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Recent and upcoming methodology changes: 2025
Changes to the health insurance index (updated October 24, 2025)
With the next release of CPI data, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will remove long-term care (LTC) insurance from the health insurance index. There have been changes in the market for LTC insurance that now make it out of scope and ineligible for pricing in the CPI market basket. Traditional LTC plans were stand-alone plans. LTC coverage for new enrollees is now typically provided as a hybrid plan that is an add-on to a different type of insurance (usually life insurance). Since the stand-alone LTC plans are largely not enrolling new customers, and since the hybrid plans are essentially just life insurance (which is out of scope for the CPI), BLS is removing LTC from the index entirely. This includes removing LTC from the pricing for health insurance and from the weight.
Changes to wireless telephone services source data and methodology (updated August 12, 2025)
With the release of July 2025 data on August 12, 2025, BLS has replaced survey data collected for the CPI’s wireless telephone services index with secondary source data and non-traditional index methods.
The paper Use of alternative data and methods in the CPI for wireless telephone services is now available, as is a new factsheet Measuring Price Change in the CPI: Wireless Telephone Services.
Changes to leased cars and trucks source data and methodology (updated May 13, 2025)
Effective with the release of April 2025 data on May 13, 2025, BLS has replaced the survey data collected for the CPI’s leased cars and trucks index with transaction data purchased from a vendor to increase the accuracy of the index.
The Measuring Price Change in the CPI: Leased cars and trucks factsheet has been updated to reflect these changes.
Last Modified Date: October 24, 2025