Proposed Provision: A4. Starting December 2020, compute the COLA using a chained version of the consumer price index for wage and salary workers (CPI-W). We estimate this new computation will reduce the annual COLA by about 0.3 percentage point, on average. The new COLA will not apply to DI benefits. It will apply to OASI benefits, except for those of formerly disabled-workers who converted to retired-worker status.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2017298298
2018287287
2019273273
2020259259
2021245245
2022230231
2023215217
2024199202
2025182186
2026165170
2027148154
2028130138
2029112121
203094104
20317587
20325670
20333752
20341634
2035-415
2036-26-4
2037-47-24
2038-70-44
2039-92-64
2040-115-84
2041-138-105
2042-161-125
2043-184-145
2044-207-166
2045-230-186
2046-253-206
2047-276-226
2048-300-246
2049-323-267
2050-346-287
2051-370-307
2052-393-327
2053-417-347
2054-440-368
2055-464-388
2056-487-409
2057-511-429
2058-536-451
2059-560-472
2060-585-494
2061-611-516
2062-637-539
2063-663-562
2064-690-586
2065-717-610
2066-745-634
2067-772-658
2068-801-683
2069-829-709
2070-858-734
2071-888-761
2072-918-788
2073-949-815
2074-981-844
2075-1014-873
2076-1047-902
2077-1082-933
2078-1117-965
2079-1153-997
2080-1190-1029
2081-1227-1062
2082-1264-1094
2083-1300-1127
2084-1337-1159
2085-1374-1192
2086-1410-1224
2087-1446-1256
2088-1483-1289
2089-1520-1321
2090-1557-1354
2091-1595-1388
2092-1633-1422
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