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
2024188188
2025171171
2026152152
2027134134
2028117117
2029101100
20308483
20316866
20325350
20333733
20342217
203571
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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