Proposed Provision: Progressive price indexing (30th percentile) of PIA formula factors beginning with individuals newly eligible for OASI benefits in 2015: Create a new bend point at the 30th percentile of the AIME distribution of newly retired workers. Maintain current-law benefits for earners at the 30th percentile and below. Reduce the 32 and 15 percent formula factors above the 30th percentile such that the initial benefit for a worker with AIME equal to the taxable maximum grows by inflation rather than the growth in average wages. Young survivors (children and spouses under normal retirement age with a child in care) are not affected by this proposal. Disabled workers are: (a) not affected prior to normal retirement age; and (b) subject to a proportional reduction in benefits, based on the worker's years of disability, upon conversion to retired worker beneficiary status.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2011353353
2012347347
2013341341
2014334334
2015328328
2016321321
2017314314
2018306306
2019296297
2020284287
2021272275
2022259263
2023245251
2024230238
2025214224
2026198211
2027181196
2028164181
2029145166
2030127150
2031107134
203287118
203367102
20344685
20352569
2036452
2037-1836
2038-4019
2039-623
2040-85-13
2041-108-29
2042-130-44
2043-153-59
2044-176-74
2045-200-89
2046-223-103
2047-247-118
2048-271-132
2049-295-145
2050-319-159
2051-343-172
2052-368-185
2053-393-198
2054-418-210
2055-443-223
2056-468-235
2057-494-247
2058-521-259
2059-548-271
2060-575-283
2061-602-295
2062-630-306
2063-659-318
2064-687-329
2065-716-340
2066-746-351
2067-775-362
2068-805-373
2069-835-383
2070-866-394
2071-897-405
2072-928-415
2073-960-425
2074-992-436
2075-1025-446
2076-1058-457
2077-1092-467
2078-1126-477
2079-1161-488
2080-1196-498
2081-1232-508
2082-1268-519
2083-1305-529
2084-1342-539
2085-1380-550
2086-1419-560
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