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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