Proposed Provision: A8. Starting December 2018, 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
2017298298
2018287287
2019273274
2020259260
2021245247
2022230234
2023215220
2024199205
2025182190
2026165174
2027148158
2028130142
2029112126
203094109
20317593
20325676
20333758
20341640
2035-421
2036-263
2037-47-17
2038-70-36
2039-92-56
2040-115-76
2041-138-96
2042-161-116
2043-184-136
2044-207-156
2045-230-175
2046-253-195
2047-276-215
2048-300-235
2049-323-255
2050-346-275
2051-370-294
2052-393-314
2053-417-334
2054-440-354
2055-464-374
2056-487-394
2057-511-415
2058-536-435
2059-560-456
2060-585-478
2061-611-500
2062-637-522
2063-663-545
2064-690-568
2065-717-592
2066-745-616
2067-772-640
2068-801-664
2069-829-689
2070-858-715
2071-888-741
2072-918-767
2073-949-794
2074-981-822
2075-1014-851
2076-1047-880
2077-1082-910
2078-1117-941
2079-1153-973
2080-1190-1005
2081-1227-1037
2082-1264-1069
2083-1300-1101
2084-1337-1133
2085-1374-1165
2086-1410-1197
2087-1446-1228
2088-1483-1260
2089-1520-1292
2090-1557-1325
2091-1595-1358
2092-1633-1392
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