Proposed Provision: After the normal retirement age (NRA) reaches 67 for those age 62 in 2022, index the NRA to maintain a constant ratio of expected retirement years (life expectancy at NRA) to potential work years (NRA minus 20). We assume the NRA will increase 1 month every 2 years. Also, increase the earliest eligibility age (EEA) by the same amount as the NRA starting for those age 62 in 2022 so as to maintain a 5 year difference between the two ages. Include a hardship exemption with no EEA/NRA change for a worker with 25 years of earnings (with 4 quarters of coverage each), and average indexed monthly earnings (AIME) less than 250 percent of the poverty level (wage-indexed from 2012). The hardship exemption is phased out for those with AIME above 400 percent of the poverty level.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2013330330
2014315315
2015301301
2016286286
2017271271
2018257257
2019244244
2020231231
2021218218
2022204204
2023189189
2024173174
2025158158
2026142142
2027125125
2028108109
20299091
20307172
20315253
20323133
20331113
2034-11-8
2035-32-29
2036-55-51
2037-78-73
2038-101-95
2039-124-118
2040-148-141
2041-172-164
2042-196-187
2043-220-211
2044-245-234
2045-269-257
2046-294-281
2047-319-305
2048-345-329
2049-371-353
2050-397-378
2051-423-403
2052-449-427
2053-476-452
2054-502-477
2055-530-502
2056-557-527
2057-585-552
2058-613-578
2059-642-604
2060-671-631
2061-701-659
2062-732-687
2063-763-715
2064-794-744
2065-826-773
2066-859-802
2067-892-832
2068-925-862
2069-959-893
2070-993-924
2071-1028-956
2072-1064-988
2073-1101-1022
2074-1139-1056
2075-1178-1091
2076-1217-1126
2077-1258-1163
2078-1299-1200
2079-1340-1238
2080-1382-1276
2081-1424-1315
2082-1466-1353
2083-1508-1391
2084-1550-1427
2085-1592-1463
2086-1635-1501
2087-1678-1540
2088-1722-1579
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