Proposed Provision: A6. Starting December 2023, 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 | 
        Current Law | 
        Provision | 
      
    
    
      | 2021 | 253 | 253 |       
| 2022 | 231 | 231 |       
| 2023 | 214 | 214 |       
| 2024 | 196 | 196 |       
| 2025 | 178 | 177 |       
| 2026 | 159 | 158 |       
| 2027 | 141 | 139 |       
| 2028 | 122 | 120 |       
| 2029 | 104 | 100 |       
| 2030 | 85 | 80 |       
| 2031 | 66 | 60 |       
| 2032 | 46 | 40 |       
| 2033 | 27 | 20 |       
| 2034 | 7 | -1 |       
| 2035 | -13 | -23 |       
| 2036 | -33 | -45 |       
| 2037 | -54 | -67 |       
| 2038 | -76 | -90 |       
| 2039 | -97 | -113 |       
| 2040 | -119 | -137 |       
| 2041 | -142 | -161 |       
| 2042 | -165 | -186 |       
| 2043 | -188 | -211 |       
| 2044 | -211 | -236 |       
| 2045 | -235 | -262 |       
| 2046 | -258 | -287 |       
| 2047 | -282 | -313 |       
| 2048 | -306 | -339 |       
| 2049 | -330 | -365 |       
| 2050 | -354 | -392 |       
| 2051 | -378 | -418 |       
| 2052 | -403 | -445 |       
| 2053 | -427 | -472 |       
| 2054 | -452 | -499 |       
| 2055 | -477 | -526 |       
| 2056 | -502 | -553 |       
| 2057 | -527 | -581 |       
| 2058 | -552 | -608 |       
| 2059 | -578 | -636 |       
| 2060 | -604 | -664 |       
| 2061 | -630 | -693 |       
| 2062 | -657 | -722 |       
| 2063 | -684 | -752 |       
| 2064 | -712 | -781 |       
| 2065 | -740 | -812 |       
| 2066 | -768 | -842 |       
| 2067 | -796 | -873 |       
| 2068 | -825 | -905 |       
| 2069 | -855 | -936 |       
| 2070 | -884 | -968 |       
| 2071 | -914 | -1001 |       
| 2072 | -945 | -1034 |       
| 2073 | -976 | -1067 |       
| 2074 | -1007 | -1100 |       
| 2075 | -1039 | -1135 |       
| 2076 | -1071 | -1170 |       
| 2077 | -1105 | -1206 |       
| 2078 | -1139 | -1243 |       
| 2079 | -1175 | -1282 |       
| 2080 | -1211 | -1321 |       
| 2081 | -1248 | -1361 |       
| 2082 | -1286 | -1401 |       
| 2083 | -1324 | -1442 |       
| 2084 | -1363 | -1485 |       
| 2085 | -1403 | -1527 |       
| 2086 | -1443 | -1571 |       
| 2087 | -1483 | -1614 |       
| 2088 | -1524 | -1658 |       
| 2089 | -1564 | -1702 |       
| 2090 | -1604 | -1746 |       
| 2091 | -1643 | -1788 |       
| 2092 | -1681 | -1829 |       
| 2093 | -1718 | -1869 |       
| 2094 | -1754 | -1909 |       
| 2095 | -1789 | -1948 |       
| 2096 | -1825 | -1986 | 
    
    
  
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