Proposed Provision: D5. Limit the spousal benefit to that received by the spouse of the 75th percentile career-average worker, beginning with retired workers newly eligible in 2024. For future cohorts, this limit would be indexed for inflation annually using chain weighted CPI-U. The provision affects divorced spouses and young spouses (retired workers) but not spouses of disabled workers.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2017298298
2018287287
2019273273
2020259259
2021245245
2022230230
2023215215
2024199199
2025182182
2026165165
2027148148
2028130130
2029112112
20309494
20317576
20325657
20333737
20341617
2035-4-4
2036-26-25
2037-47-46
2038-70-68
2039-92-91
2040-115-113
2041-138-136
2042-161-159
2043-184-181
2044-207-204
2045-230-227
2046-253-250
2047-276-272
2048-300-295
2049-323-318
2050-346-341
2051-370-364
2052-393-387
2053-417-410
2054-440-433
2055-464-456
2056-487-479
2057-511-502
2058-536-526
2059-560-550
2060-585-575
2061-611-600
2062-637-625
2063-663-651
2064-690-677
2065-717-704
2066-745-730
2067-772-758
2068-801-785
2069-829-813
2070-858-841
2071-888-870
2072-918-900
2073-949-930
2074-981-961
2075-1014-993
2076-1047-1026
2077-1082-1060
2078-1117-1094
2079-1153-1130
2080-1190-1165
2081-1227-1201
2082-1264-1237
2083-1300-1273
2084-1337-1309
2085-1374-1344
2086-1410-1380
2087-1446-1415
2088-1483-1451
2089-1520-1487
2090-1557-1523
2091-1595-1560
2092-1633-1597
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