Proposed Provision: Progressive price indexing (30th percentile) of PIA formula factors beginning with individuals newly eligible for OASI benefits in 2017: 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
2013330330
2014315315
2015301301
2016286286
2017271271
2018257258
2019244245
2020231232
2021218219
2022204205
2023189192
2024173177
2025158163
2026142148
2027125133
2028108118
202990103
20307186
20315269
20323152
20331135
2034-1117
2035-32-1
2036-55-20
2037-78-38
2038-101-57
2039-124-75
2040-148-94
2041-172-112
2042-196-130
2043-220-148
2044-245-166
2045-269-183
2046-294-201
2047-319-218
2048-345-235
2049-371-252
2050-397-269
2051-423-286
2052-449-302
2053-476-318
2054-502-334
2055-530-350
2056-557-366
2057-585-382
2058-613-398
2059-642-414
2060-671-430
2061-701-446
2062-732-463
2063-763-479
2064-794-496
2065-826-512
2066-859-529
2067-892-545
2068-925-562
2069-959-579
2070-993-596
2071-1028-613
2072-1064-630
2073-1101-648
2074-1139-666
2075-1178-684
2076-1217-702
2077-1258-721
2078-1299-740
2079-1340-758
2080-1382-776
2081-1424-794
2082-1466-812
2083-1508-830
2084-1550-848
2085-1592-865
2086-1635-883
2087-1678-900
2088-1722-918
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