Proposed Provision: B7.3. Give credit to parents with a child under 6 for earnings for up to five years. The earnings credited for a childcare year equal one half of the SSA average wage index (about $34,396 in 2024). The credits are available for all past years to newly eligible retired-worker and disabled-worker beneficiaries starting in 2025. The 5 years are chosen to yield the largest increase in AIME.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2024188188
2025171171
2026152152
2027134134
2028117117
2029101100
20308483
20316867
20325351
20333735
20342220
203574
2036-9-13
2037-26-30
2038-43-47
2039-60-65
2040-78-84
2041-96-103
2042-115-123
2043-135-143
2044-154-163
2045-174-184
2046-194-205
2047-215-227
2048-235-248
2049-256-270
2050-277-292
2051-299-315
2052-320-337
2053-342-360
2054-364-383
2055-386-407
2056-409-430
2057-431-454
2058-455-479
2059-478-504
2060-502-529
2061-527-555
2062-553-582
2063-579-609
2064-605-637
2065-632-665
2066-660-694
2067-688-724
2068-716-753
2069-745-783
2070-774-814
2071-803-845
2072-834-876
2073-864-909
2074-895-941
2075-927-974
2076-960-1009
2077-993-1043
2078-1027-1079
2079-1062-1116
2080-1098-1153
2081-1134-1191
2082-1172-1230
2083-1209-1270
2084-1248-1310
2085-1287-1351
2086-1327-1393
2087-1368-1436
2088-1409-1479
2089-1450-1522
2090-1491-1565
2091-1532-1608
2092-1573-1650
2093-1612-1692
2094-1651-1732
2095-1689-1773
2096-1727-1812
2097-1764-1851
2098-1801-1890
2099-1838-1928
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