Proposed Provision: A6. Starting December 2021, 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 Current Law Provision
2019273273
2020260260
2021245245
2022229229
2023213212
2024197195
2025180178
2026163160
2027147143
2028130125
2029114108
20309790
20318072
20326354
20334635
20342816
203510-4
2036-9-25
2037-28-45
2038-47-67
2039-67-88
2040-87-110
2041-108-133
2042-129-156
2043-150-179
2044-171-202
2045-192-225
2046-213-248
2047-234-272
2048-255-295
2049-276-319
2050-297-342
2051-318-365
2052-338-389
2053-359-412
2054-380-436
2055-401-459
2056-422-483
2057-444-507
2058-465-530
2059-487-555
2060-509-579
2061-531-604
2062-554-629
2063-577-655
2064-601-681
2065-625-708
2066-649-735
2067-674-762
2068-699-789
2069-724-817
2070-749-845
2071-776-874
2072-802-903
2073-830-933
2074-857-964
2075-885-995
2076-914-1026
2077-944-1059
2078-975-1093
2079-1007-1128
2080-1039-1163
2081-1072-1199
2082-1106-1236
2083-1139-1273
2084-1173-1310
2085-1207-1348
2086-1242-1385
2087-1275-1423
2088-1309-1460
2089-1342-1496
2090-1375-1532
2091-1407-1568
2092-1439-1603
2093-1471-1639
2094-1503-1674
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