Proposed Provision: Starting December 2013, compute the COLA using the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E).  We estimate this new computation will increase the annual COLA by about 0.2 percentage point, on average.
  
    OASDI Trust Fund Ratio
    (assets as a percentage of annual expenditures)
    
    
    
    
    
      
        | Year | Present Law | Provision | 
    
    
      | 2011 | 353 | 353 | 
| 2012 | 347 | 347 | 
| 2013 | 341 | 341 | 
| 2014 | 334 | 333 | 
| 2015 | 328 | 326 | 
| 2016 | 321 | 319 | 
| 2017 | 314 | 311 | 
| 2018 | 306 | 301 | 
| 2019 | 296 | 290 | 
| 2020 | 284 | 278 | 
| 2021 | 272 | 264 | 
| 2022 | 259 | 250 | 
| 2023 | 245 | 234 | 
| 2024 | 230 | 218 | 
| 2025 | 214 | 201 | 
| 2026 | 198 | 184 | 
| 2027 | 181 | 165 | 
| 2028 | 164 | 146 | 
| 2029 | 145 | 126 | 
| 2030 | 127 | 106 | 
| 2031 | 107 | 84 | 
| 2032 | 87 | 63 | 
| 2033 | 67 | 40 | 
| 2034 | 46 | 18 | 
| 2035 | 25 | -5 | 
| 2036 | 4 | -29 | 
| 2037 | -18 | -53 | 
| 2038 | -40 | -77 | 
| 2039 | -62 | -101 | 
| 2040 | -85 | -126 | 
| 2041 | -108 | -151 | 
| 2042 | -130 | -177 | 
| 2043 | -153 | -202 | 
| 2044 | -176 | -228 | 
| 2045 | -200 | -254 | 
| 2046 | -223 | -280 | 
| 2047 | -247 | -306 | 
| 2048 | -271 | -333 | 
| 2049 | -295 | -360 | 
| 2050 | -319 | -387 | 
| 2051 | -343 | -415 | 
| 2052 | -368 | -442 | 
| 2053 | -393 | -470 | 
| 2054 | -418 | -498 | 
| 2055 | -443 | -526 | 
| 2056 | -468 | -554 | 
| 2057 | -494 | -583 | 
| 2058 | -521 | -613 | 
| 2059 | -548 | -643 | 
| 2060 | -575 | -673 | 
| 2061 | -602 | -704 | 
| 2062 | -630 | -735 | 
| 2063 | -659 | -767 | 
| 2064 | -687 | -799 | 
| 2065 | -716 | -831 | 
| 2066 | -746 | -864 | 
| 2067 | -775 | -897 | 
| 2068 | -805 | -930 | 
| 2069 | -835 | -963 | 
| 2070 | -866 | -997 | 
| 2071 | -897 | -1032 | 
| 2072 | -928 | -1067 | 
| 2073 | -960 | -1102 | 
| 2074 | -992 | -1137 | 
| 2075 | -1025 | -1174 | 
| 2076 | -1058 | -1211 | 
| 2077 | -1092 | -1248 | 
| 2078 | -1126 | -1286 | 
| 2079 | -1161 | -1325 | 
| 2080 | -1196 | -1364 | 
| 2081 | -1232 | -1403 | 
| 2082 | -1268 | -1443 | 
| 2083 | -1305 | -1484 | 
| 2084 | -1342 | -1525 | 
| 2085 | -1380 | -1567 | 
| 2086 | -1419 | -1609 | 
    
  
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