Summary Measures and Graphs
Description of Proposed Provision:
B6.4: Starting in 2025, provide a 5 percent uniform benefit increase 24 years after initial benefit eligibility. Phase in the benefit increase at 1 percent per year from the 20th through 24th years after eligibility. For disabled workers, the eligibility age is the initial entitlement year to the benefit. The benefit increase is equal to 5 percent of the PIA of a worker assumed to have career-average earnings equal to SSA's average wage index. Auxiliary beneficiaries receive benefit enhancement based on the PIA of the governing worker.
Estimates based on the intermediate assumptions
of the 2024 Trustees Report
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Current law [percent of payroll] |
Change from current law [percent of payroll] |
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Long-range actuarial balance |
Annual balance in 75th year |
Long-range actuarial balance |
Annual balance in 75th year |
Long-range actuarial balance |
Annual balance in 75th year |
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-3.50 | -4.64 | -0.18 | -0.24 | -5% | -5% |