Proposed Provision: Starting December 2014, 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 Present Law Provision
2012340340
2013329329
2014315315
2015302301
2016290288
2017277275
2018265262
2019253250
2020240236
2021227221
2022212205
2023197189
2024181172
2025164154
2026147135
2027129116
202811095
20299074
20307052
20314929
2032276
20335-18
2034-18-43
2035-41-68
2036-65-93
2037-89-119
2038-114-146
2039-138-173
2040-163-200
2041-189-228
2042-215-256
2043-240-284
2044-266-313
2045-292-342
2046-319-371
2047-346-400
2048-373-430
2049-400-460
2050-428-491
2051-456-521
2052-484-552
2053-512-583
2054-540-615
2055-569-646
2056-598-678
2057-628-711
2058-657-744
2059-688-777
2060-719-811
2061-750-846
2062-782-881
2063-814-916
2064-847-952
2065-880-988
2066-913-1025
2067-946-1061
2068-980-1098
2069-1014-1136
2070-1049-1174
2071-1084-1212
2072-1120-1252
2073-1156-1291
2074-1193-1332
2075-1230-1373
2076-1268-1414
2077-1307-1457
2078-1346-1499
2079-1385-1542
2080-1425-1586
2081-1465-1630
2082-1505-1674
2083-1547-1719
2084-1588-1765
2085-1631-1811
2086-1673-1858
2087-1717-1906
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