Proposed Provision: Progressive price indexing (50th percentile) of PIA formula factors beginning with individuals newly eligible for OASDI benefits in 2018: Create a new bend point at the 50th percentile of the AIME distribution of newly retired workers. Maintain current-law benefits for earners at the 50th percentile and below. Reduce the 32 and 15 percent formula factors above the 50th percentile such that the initial benefit for a worker with AIME equal to the taxable maximum grows by inflation rather than the growth in average wages.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2011353353
2012347347
2013341341
2014334334
2015328328
2016321321
2017314314
2018306306
2019296296
2020284285
2021272272
2022259260
2023245246
2024230232
2025214217
2026198202
2027181186
2028164169
2029145152
2030127135
2031107117
20328798
20336780
20344661
20352542
2036423
2037-184
2038-40-15
2039-62-35
2040-85-54
2041-108-73
2042-130-92
2043-153-111
2044-176-130
2045-200-149
2046-223-168
2047-247-187
2048-271-206
2049-295-224
2050-319-243
2051-343-261
2052-368-280
2053-393-298
2054-418-316
2055-443-334
2056-468-352
2057-494-371
2058-521-389
2059-548-408
2060-575-426
2061-602-445
2062-630-464
2063-659-482
2064-687-501
2065-716-520
2066-746-539
2067-775-557
2068-805-576
2069-835-595
2070-866-614
2071-897-633
2072-928-652
2073-960-671
2074-992-690
2075-1025-709
2076-1058-729
2077-1092-749
2078-1126-769
2079-1161-789
2080-1196-809
2081-1232-830
2082-1268-851
2083-1305-872
2084-1342-893
2085-1380-915
2086-1419-937
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