Proposed Provision: Starting December 2016, compute the COLA using a chained version of the consumer price index for wage and salary workers (CPI-W). We estimate this new computation will reduce the annual COLA by about 0.3 percentage point, on average. The new COLA will not apply to DI benefits. It will apply to OASI benefits, except for those of formerly disabled-workers who converted to retired-worker status.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2013330330
2014315315
2015301301
2016286286
2017271272
2018257259
2019244246
2020231234
2021218222
2022204209
2023189195
2024173181
2025158167
2026142152
2027125137
2028108122
202990106
20307189
20315271
20323153
20331134
2034-1115
2035-32-5
2036-55-25
2037-78-45
2038-101-66
2039-124-86
2040-148-107
2041-172-129
2042-196-150
2043-220-171
2044-245-193
2045-269-214
2046-294-236
2047-319-258
2048-345-280
2049-371-303
2050-397-326
2051-423-348
2052-449-371
2053-476-394
2054-502-418
2055-530-442
2056-557-466
2057-585-490
2058-613-515
2059-642-540
2060-671-566
2061-701-593
2062-732-620
2063-763-647
2064-794-675
2065-826-704
2066-859-733
2067-892-762
2068-925-792
2069-959-822
2070-993-852
2071-1028-884
2072-1064-916
2073-1101-949
2074-1139-983
2075-1178-1017
2076-1217-1053
2077-1258-1089
2078-1299-1126
2079-1340-1163
2080-1382-1200
2081-1424-1237
2082-1466-1275
2083-1508-1312
2084-1550-1350
2085-1592-1387
2086-1635-1425
2087-1678-1464
2088-1722-1503
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