Proposed Provision: Progressive price indexing (30th percentile) of PIA formula factors beginning with individuals newly eligible for OASI benefits in 2022: 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 growth in the SSA average wage index. 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
2018257257
2019244244
2020231231
2021218218
2022204204
2023189189
2024173174
2025158158
2026142142
2027125126
2028108109
20299091
20307173
20315254
20323134
20331114
2034-11-6
2035-32-27
2036-55-48
2037-78-70
2038-101-92
2039-124-114
2040-148-136
2041-172-158
2042-196-180
2043-220-202
2044-245-224
2045-269-246
2046-294-268
2047-319-290
2048-345-312
2049-371-334
2050-397-356
2051-423-378
2052-449-400
2053-476-422
2054-502-444
2055-530-466
2056-557-487
2057-585-509
2058-613-531
2059-642-554
2060-671-576
2061-701-598
2062-732-621
2063-763-644
2064-794-667
2065-826-690
2066-859-713
2067-892-737
2068-925-760
2069-959-784
2070-993-807
2071-1028-831
2072-1064-856
2073-1101-881
2074-1139-906
2075-1178-932
2076-1217-959
2077-1258-985
2078-1299-1012
2079-1340-1038
2080-1382-1065
2081-1424-1091
2082-1466-1118
2083-1508-1144
2084-1550-1170
2085-1592-1196
2086-1635-1222
2087-1678-1248
2088-1722-1274
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