Proposed Provision: D2. The current spouse benefit is based on 50 percent of the PIA of the other spouse. Reduce this percent each year by 1 percentage point beginning with newly eligible spouses in 2018, until the percent reaches 33 in 2034.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2017298298
2018287287
2019273273
2020259259
2021245245
2022230230
2023215215
2024199199
2025182183
2026165166
2027148148
2028130131
2029112113
20309495
20317576
20325658
20333738
20341618
2035-4-2
2036-26-23
2037-47-45
2038-70-66
2039-92-88
2040-115-111
2041-138-133
2042-161-156
2043-184-178
2044-207-200
2045-230-223
2046-253-245
2047-276-268
2048-300-290
2049-323-313
2050-346-336
2051-370-358
2052-393-381
2053-417-403
2054-440-426
2055-464-449
2056-487-472
2057-511-495
2058-536-518
2059-560-542
2060-585-566
2061-611-591
2062-637-616
2063-663-642
2064-690-667
2065-717-694
2066-745-720
2067-772-747
2068-801-775
2069-829-802
2070-858-831
2071-888-859
2072-918-889
2073-949-919
2074-981-950
2075-1014-981
2076-1047-1014
2077-1082-1048
2078-1117-1082
2079-1153-1117
2080-1190-1152
2081-1227-1188
2082-1264-1224
2083-1300-1260
2084-1337-1295
2085-1374-1331
2086-1410-1366
2087-1446-1401
2088-1483-1437
2089-1520-1473
2090-1557-1509
2091-1595-1545
2092-1633-1583
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