Proposed Provision: A8. Starting December 2025, for OASI beneficiaries only (DI beneficiaries would only be affected when their benefit converts to OASI at NRA), the annual COLA would be based on the chain-weighted version of the CPI-U.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2024188188
2025171171
2026152152
2027134135
2028117119
2029101103
20308488
20316873
20325358
20333744
20342231
2035717
2036-93
2037-26-12
2038-43-27
2039-60-42
2040-78-58
2041-96-74
2042-115-90
2043-135-107
2044-154-124
2045-174-141
2046-194-159
2047-215-176
2048-235-194
2049-256-212
2050-277-230
2051-299-248
2052-320-267
2053-342-285
2054-364-304
2055-386-323
2056-409-343
2057-431-363
2058-455-383
2059-478-404
2060-502-425
2061-527-446
2062-553-469
2063-579-492
2064-605-515
2065-632-539
2066-660-563
2067-688-588
2068-716-613
2069-745-639
2070-774-664
2071-803-691
2072-834-718
2073-864-745
2074-895-773
2075-927-801
2076-960-830
2077-993-860
2078-1027-890
2079-1062-922
2080-1098-954
2081-1134-986
2082-1172-1019
2083-1209-1053
2084-1248-1087
2085-1287-1122
2086-1327-1158
2087-1368-1194
2088-1409-1230
2089-1450-1266
2090-1491-1303
2091-1532-1339
2092-1573-1374
2093-1612-1409
2094-1651-1443
2095-1689-1477
2096-1727-1510
2097-1764-1542
2098-1801-1575
2099-1838-1607
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