Proposed Provision: Starting with the December 2012 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), compute the COLA using a chained version of the consumer price index for wage and salary workers (CPI-W). This new computation is estimated to result in an annual COLA that is 0.3 percentage point less, on average. The new COLA would not apply to DI benefits and would apply for all OASI benefits, except for those who are converted from disabled worker to retired worker status.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2009354354
2010360360
2011366366
2012369369
2013367368
2014364366
2015359362
2016354358
2017347352
2018338344
2019327335
2020315325
2021302313
2022289302
2023275289
2024260276
2025244262
2026227247
2027209231
2028191215
2029173198
2030153181
2031133163
2032113145
203392127
203471108
20355089
20362970
2037751
2038-1631
2039-3812
2040-61-8
2041-83-28
2042-106-47
2043-129-67
2044-152-87
2045-175-107
2046-199-127
2047-222-147
2048-246-167
2049-270-187
2050-294-208
2051-318-229
2052-342-249
2053-366-270
2054-391-291
2055-415-312
2056-440-334
2057-466-355
2058-491-377
2059-517-400
2060-544-423
2061-570-446
2062-598-469
2063-625-493
2064-653-517
2065-681-542
2066-710-567
2067-739-592
2068-768-618
2069-798-644
2070-828-670
2071-859-697
2072-890-724
2073-922-752
2074-954-780
2075-987-809
2076-1020-838
2077-1054-868
2078-1089-898
2079-1124-929
2080-1159-960
2081-1195-992
2082-1232-1024
2083-1270-1057
2084-1308-1091
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