Proposed Provision: Progressive price indexing (30th percentile) of PIA formula factors beginning with individuals newly eligible for OASI benefits in 2016: 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 the SSA average wage index. 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
2012340340
2013329329
2014315315
2015302302
2016290290
2017277278
2018265266
2019253254
2020240242
2021227229
2022212215
2023197201
2024181187
2025164172
2026147156
2027129140
2028110124
202990107
20307089
20314971
20322753
2033534
2034-1815
2035-41-4
2036-65-24
2037-89-43
2038-114-63
2039-138-82
2040-163-101
2041-189-121
2042-215-140
2043-240-159
2044-266-178
2045-292-196
2046-319-215
2047-346-233
2048-373-251
2049-400-269
2050-428-287
2051-456-305
2052-484-322
2053-512-339
2054-540-357
2055-569-374
2056-598-391
2057-628-408
2058-657-424
2059-688-441
2060-719-458
2061-750-475
2062-782-492
2063-814-509
2064-847-526
2065-880-543
2066-913-559
2067-946-575
2068-980-592
2069-1014-608
2070-1049-624
2071-1084-641
2072-1120-657
2073-1156-674
2074-1193-691
2075-1230-707
2076-1268-724
2077-1307-741
2078-1346-758
2079-1385-775
2080-1425-792
2081-1465-808
2082-1505-825
2083-1547-842
2084-1588-859
2085-1631-876
2086-1673-894
2087-1717-911
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