Proposed Provision: A6. Starting December 2026, 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 |
Current Law |
Provision |
| 2024 | 188 | 188 |
| 2025 | 171 | 171 |
| 2026 | 152 | 152 |
| 2027 | 134 | 134 |
| 2028 | 117 | 117 |
| 2029 | 101 | 100 |
| 2030 | 84 | 83 |
| 2031 | 68 | 66 |
| 2032 | 53 | 50 |
| 2033 | 37 | 33 |
| 2034 | 22 | 17 |
| 2035 | 7 | 1 |
| 2036 | -9 | -16 |
| 2037 | -26 | -34 |
| 2038 | -43 | -52 |
| 2039 | -60 | -71 |
| 2040 | -78 | -91 |
| 2041 | -96 | -111 |
| 2042 | -115 | -131 |
| 2043 | -135 | -152 |
| 2044 | -154 | -174 |
| 2045 | -174 | -195 |
| 2046 | -194 | -218 |
| 2047 | -215 | -240 |
| 2048 | -235 | -263 |
| 2049 | -256 | -285 |
| 2050 | -277 | -309 |
| 2051 | -299 | -332 |
| 2052 | -320 | -356 |
| 2053 | -342 | -379 |
| 2054 | -364 | -404 |
| 2055 | -386 | -428 |
| 2056 | -409 | -453 |
| 2057 | -431 | -478 |
| 2058 | -455 | -503 |
| 2059 | -478 | -529 |
| 2060 | -502 | -555 |
| 2061 | -527 | -582 |
| 2062 | -553 | -610 |
| 2063 | -579 | -638 |
| 2064 | -605 | -667 |
| 2065 | -632 | -696 |
| 2066 | -660 | -726 |
| 2067 | -688 | -756 |
| 2068 | -716 | -787 |
| 2069 | -745 | -818 |
| 2070 | -774 | -850 |
| 2071 | -803 | -882 |
| 2072 | -834 | -914 |
| 2073 | -864 | -947 |
| 2074 | -895 | -981 |
| 2075 | -927 | -1015 |
| 2076 | -960 | -1050 |
| 2077 | -993 | -1086 |
| 2078 | -1027 | -1123 |
| 2079 | -1062 | -1161 |
| 2080 | -1098 | -1199 |
| 2081 | -1134 | -1239 |
| 2082 | -1172 | -1279 |
| 2083 | -1209 | -1320 |
| 2084 | -1248 | -1361 |
| 2085 | -1287 | -1404 |
| 2086 | -1327 | -1447 |
| 2087 | -1368 | -1491 |
| 2088 | -1409 | -1535 |
| 2089 | -1450 | -1580 |
| 2090 | -1491 | -1624 |
| 2091 | -1532 | -1669 |
| 2092 | -1573 | -1713 |
| 2093 | -1612 | -1756 |
| 2094 | -1651 | -1798 |
| 2095 | -1689 | -1840 |
| 2096 | -1727 | -1881 |
| 2097 | -1764 | -1921 |
| 2098 | -1801 | -1961 |
| 2099 | -1838 | -2001 |
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