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Summary Measures and Graphs

Description of Proposed Provision:
Shorten the hiatus in the normal retirement age (start increasing to age 67 for those age 62 in 2010, rather than those age 62 in 2017) and then index the normal retirement age (by 1 month every 2 years) until the NRA reaches age 68.

Estimates based on the intermediate assumptions of the 2009 Trustees Report

Summary Measures
[As a percentage of taxable payroll]
Present Law Change from present law Results with this provision
Long-range
actuarial
balance
Annual
balance in
75th year
Long-range
actuarial
balance
Annual
balance in
75th year
Long-range
actuarial
balance
Annual
balance in
75th year
-2.00 -4.34 0.46 0.73 -1.55 -3.62


graph of OASDI cost rates and income rates by year, under
                 present law and provision. click on graph to view underlying
                 data. graph of OASDI trust fund ratio by year, under present law
                 and provision. click on graph to view underlying data.
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