Proposed Provision: Progressive price indexing (50th percentile) of PIA formula factors for individuals newly eligible for OASI benefits in 2017 through 2056: Create a new bend point at the 50th percentile of the AIME distribution of newly retired workers. Maintain current-law benefit credit for earners at the 50th percentile and below. Reduce the 32 and 15 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 the SSA average wage index. Disabled workers are: (a) not affected prior to normal retirement age; and (b) subject to a proportional reduction in benefits, based on the worker's years of disability, upon conversion to retired-worker beneficiary status.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2012340340
2013329329
2014315315
2015302302
2016290290
2017277277
2018265266
2019253254
2020240241
2021227228
2022212214
2023197199
2024181184
2025164168
2026147152
2027129135
2028110117
20299099
20307080
20314961
20322741
2033521
2034-180
2035-41-20
2036-65-42
2037-89-63
2038-114-84
2039-138-106
2040-163-128
2041-189-149
2042-215-171
2043-240-193
2044-266-215
2045-292-236
2046-319-258
2047-346-280
2048-373-302
2049-400-324
2050-428-345
2051-456-367
2052-484-389
2053-512-410
2054-540-432
2055-569-454
2056-598-476
2057-628-498
2058-657-520
2059-688-542
2060-719-565
2061-750-588
2062-782-611
2063-814-633
2064-847-656
2065-880-679
2066-913-702
2067-946-725
2068-980-748
2069-1014-772
2070-1049-795
2071-1084-818
2072-1120-842
2073-1156-867
2074-1193-891
2075-1230-916
2076-1268-941
2077-1307-966
2078-1346-992
2079-1385-1018
2080-1425-1043
2081-1465-1070
2082-1505-1096
2083-1547-1123
2084-1588-1150
2085-1631-1178
2086-1673-1206
2087-1717-1234
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