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 2026. 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
2019273273
2020260260
2021245245
2022229229
2023213213
2024197197
2025180180
2026163163
2027147147
2028130130
2029114114
20309797
20318080
20326363
20334646
20342828
20351010
2036-9-8
2037-28-27
2038-47-47
2039-67-66
2040-87-86
2041-108-107
2042-129-127
2043-150-148
2044-171-169
2045-192-189
2046-213-210
2047-234-231
2048-255-251
2049-276-272
2050-297-292
2051-318-313
2052-338-333
2053-359-354
2054-380-374
2055-401-395
2056-422-416
2057-444-436
2058-465-457
2059-487-478
2060-509-500
2061-531-522
2062-554-544
2063-577-567
2064-601-590
2065-625-613
2066-649-637
2067-674-661
2068-699-685
2069-724-710
2070-749-735
2071-776-761
2072-802-787
2073-830-813
2074-857-840
2075-885-868
2076-914-896
2077-944-925
2078-975-955
2079-1007-986
2080-1039-1018
2081-1072-1050
2082-1106-1083
2083-1139-1116
2084-1173-1149
2085-1207-1182
2086-1242-1215
2087-1275-1248
2088-1309-1281
2089-1342-1313
2090-1375-1345
2091-1407-1377
2092-1439-1408
2093-1471-1439
2094-1503-1470
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