Proposed Provision: After the normal retirement age (NRA) reaches 67 for those age 62 in 2022, index the NRA to maintain a constant ratio of expected retirement years (life expectancy at NRA) to potential work years (NRA minus 20). We assume the NRA will increase 1 month every 2 years.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2012340340
2013329329
2014315315
2015302302
2016290290
2017277277
2018265265
2019253253
2020240240
2021227227
2022212212
2023197197
2024181181
2025164165
2026147147
2027129130
2028110111
20299092
20307071
20314951
20322729
203357
2034-18-15
2035-41-38
2036-65-61
2037-89-85
2038-114-108
2039-138-132
2040-163-157
2041-189-181
2042-215-206
2043-240-231
2044-266-256
2045-292-281
2046-319-306
2047-346-331
2048-373-357
2049-400-383
2050-428-409
2051-456-435
2052-484-461
2053-512-488
2054-540-514
2055-569-541
2056-598-567
2057-628-594
2058-657-622
2059-688-649
2060-719-678
2061-750-706
2062-782-735
2063-814-764
2064-847-793
2065-880-823
2066-913-853
2067-946-883
2068-980-913
2069-1014-943
2070-1049-974
2071-1084-1005
2072-1120-1037
2073-1156-1069
2074-1193-1102
2075-1230-1135
2076-1268-1168
2077-1307-1202
2078-1346-1236
2079-1385-1271
2080-1425-1306
2081-1465-1343
2082-1505-1379
2083-1547-1415
2084-1588-1452
2085-1631-1488
2086-1673-1526
2087-1717-1563
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