Proposed Provision: Starting December 2017, 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 Present Law Provision
2015308308
2016298298
2017280280
2018264264
2019248247
2020233231
2021219216
2022204200
2023189184
2024173167
2025157151
2026142134
2027126117
2028110100
20299482
20307764
20316045
20324226
2033235
20344-16
2035-16-38
2036-36-60
2037-57-82
2038-78-106
2039-100-129
2040-122-153
2041-144-178
2042-166-202
2043-189-227
2044-211-252
2045-234-277
2046-257-303
2047-280-329
2048-303-355
2049-327-381
2050-351-407
2051-375-434
2052-398-461
2053-423-487
2054-447-515
2055-472-542
2056-496-570
2057-522-598
2058-548-627
2059-574-656
2060-601-686
2061-629-716
2062-657-747
2063-685-778
2064-714-810
2065-744-843
2066-774-876
2067-804-909
2068-835-943
2069-867-978
2070-899-1013
2071-932-1049
2072-965-1086
2073-1000-1124
2074-1035-1162
2075-1072-1202
2076-1110-1244
2077-1148-1286
2078-1188-1329
2079-1228-1373
2080-1268-1417
2081-1309-1462
2082-1350-1507
2083-1391-1551
2084-1432-1596
2085-1472-1641
2086-1514-1686
2087-1555-1732
2088-1597-1777
2089-1640-1824
2090-1683-1871
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