Proposed Provision: Starting December 2015, compute the COLA using a chained version of the consumer price index for wage and salary workers (CPI-W). We estimate this new computation will reduce the annual COLA by about 0.3 percentage point, on average. The new COLA will not apply to DI benefits. It will apply to OASI benefits, except for those of formerly disabled-workers who converted to retired-worker status.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2012340340
2013329329
2014315315
2015302302
2016290290
2017277279
2018265268
2019253257
2020240245
2021227232
2022212219
2023197205
2024181190
2025164175
2026147159
2027129143
2028110126
202990108
20307089
20314970
20322750
2033530
2034-189
2035-41-12
2036-65-33
2037-89-55
2038-114-77
2039-138-99
2040-163-122
2041-189-144
2042-215-167
2043-240-190
2044-266-213
2045-292-236
2046-319-260
2047-346-284
2048-373-307
2049-400-332
2050-428-356
2051-456-380
2052-484-405
2053-512-430
2054-540-455
2055-569-480
2056-598-506
2057-628-532
2058-657-558
2059-688-585
2060-719-613
2061-750-640
2062-782-669
2063-814-697
2064-847-726
2065-880-755
2066-913-784
2067-946-814
2068-980-844
2069-1014-874
2070-1049-905
2071-1084-936
2072-1120-968
2073-1156-1000
2074-1193-1033
2075-1230-1066
2076-1268-1100
2077-1307-1134
2078-1346-1169
2079-1385-1204
2080-1425-1239
2081-1465-1275
2082-1505-1311
2083-1547-1348
2084-1588-1385
2085-1631-1423
2086-1673-1461
2087-1717-1500
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