Proposed Provision: D5. Limit the spousal benefit to that received by the spouse of the 75th percentile career-average worker, beginning with retired workers newly eligible in 2028. For future cohorts, this limit would be indexed for inflation annually using chain weighted CPI-U. The provision affects divorced spouses and young spouses (retired workers) but not spouses of disabled workers.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2021253253
2022231231
2023214214
2024196196
2025178178
2026159159
2027141141
2028122122
2029104104
20308585
20316666
20324646
20332727
203477
2035-13-13
2036-33-33
2037-54-54
2038-76-75
2039-97-97
2040-119-119
2041-142-141
2042-165-164
2043-188-187
2044-211-210
2045-235-233
2046-258-257
2047-282-280
2048-306-304
2049-330-328
2050-354-352
2051-378-376
2052-403-400
2053-427-424
2054-452-449
2055-477-473
2056-502-498
2057-527-523
2058-552-548
2059-578-573
2060-604-598
2061-630-624
2062-657-651
2063-684-678
2064-712-705
2065-740-732
2066-768-760
2067-796-788
2068-825-817
2069-855-846
2070-884-875
2071-914-904
2072-945-934
2073-976-965
2074-1007-995
2075-1039-1027
2076-1071-1059
2077-1105-1092
2078-1139-1126
2079-1175-1161
2080-1211-1197
2081-1248-1233
2082-1286-1270
2083-1324-1308
2084-1363-1346
2085-1403-1385
2086-1443-1424
2087-1483-1464
2088-1524-1504
2089-1564-1544
2090-1604-1583
2091-1643-1621
2092-1681-1658
2093-1718-1694
2094-1754-1729
2095-1789-1764
2096-1825-1798
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