Proposed Provision: Progressive price indexing (50th percentile) of PIA formula factors for individuals newly eligible for OASI benefits in 2018 through 2057: 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
2013330330
2014315315
2015301301
2016286286
2017271271
2018257257
2019244244
2020231231
2021218218
2022204204
2023189190
2024173175
2025158160
2026142145
2027125129
2028108113
20299096
20307179
20315261
20323143
20331124
2034-114
2035-32-16
2036-55-36
2037-78-56
2038-101-76
2039-124-97
2040-148-117
2041-172-138
2042-196-159
2043-220-179
2044-245-200
2045-269-220
2046-294-241
2047-319-261
2048-345-282
2049-371-302
2050-397-323
2051-423-343
2052-449-363
2053-476-384
2054-502-404
2055-530-424
2056-557-445
2057-585-465
2058-613-486
2059-642-507
2060-671-529
2061-701-550
2062-732-572
2063-763-594
2064-794-616
2065-826-639
2066-859-661
2067-892-684
2068-925-707
2069-959-730
2070-993-753
2071-1028-777
2072-1064-801
2073-1101-826
2074-1139-851
2075-1178-877
2076-1217-903
2077-1258-930
2078-1299-957
2079-1340-984
2080-1382-1011
2081-1424-1038
2082-1466-1065
2083-1508-1092
2084-1550-1119
2085-1592-1146
2086-1635-1173
2087-1678-1201
2088-1722-1229
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