Proposed Provision: The current spouse benefit is based on 50 percent of the PIA of the other spouse. Reduce this percent each year by 1 percentage point beginning with newly eligible spouses in 2012, until the percent reaches 33 in 2028.

OASDI Trust Fund Ratio
(assets as a percentage of annual expenditures)

Year Present Law Provision
2011353353
2012347347
2013341341
2014334334
2015328328
2016321321
2017314314
2018306306
2019296296
2020284285
2021272273
2022259260
2023245246
2024230232
2025214217
2026198201
2027181184
2028164167
2029145149
2030127131
2031107112
20328793
20336773
20344653
20352533
2036412
2037-18-9
2038-40-30
2039-62-52
2040-85-73
2041-108-95
2042-130-117
2043-153-139
2044-176-161
2045-200-183
2046-223-206
2047-247-228
2048-271-251
2049-295-274
2050-319-297
2051-343-320
2052-368-344
2053-393-367
2054-418-391
2055-443-415
2056-468-440
2057-494-465
2058-521-490
2059-548-515
2060-575-542
2061-602-568
2062-630-595
2063-659-622
2064-687-649
2065-716-677
2066-746-705
2067-775-733
2068-805-762
2069-835-791
2070-866-820
2071-897-850
2072-928-880
2073-960-910
2074-992-941
2075-1025-972
2076-1058-1004
2077-1092-1037
2078-1126-1070
2079-1161-1103
2080-1196-1137
2081-1232-1171
2082-1268-1206
2083-1305-1242
2084-1342-1278
2085-1380-1314
2086-1419-1351
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