Proposed Provision: A4. Starting December 2019, 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 Present Law Provision
2016303303
2017293293
2018277277
2019262262
2020246247
2021231233
2022216218
2023200202
2024183187
2025165170
2026149155
2027132139
2028115124
202998108
20308193
20316477
20324661
20332744
2034828
2035-1110
2036-30-7
2037-50-25
2038-71-43
2039-91-61
2040-112-79
2041-133-98
2042-154-116
2043-176-135
2044-197-153
2045-218-172
2046-240-190
2047-262-209
2048-283-228
2049-305-247
2050-327-266
2051-349-284
2052-371-303
2053-393-322
2054-415-341
2055-437-360
2056-460-380
2057-482-399
2058-506-420
2059-529-440
2060-553-461
2061-578-482
2062-603-504
2063-628-526
2064-654-549
2065-680-572
2066-706-595
2067-733-619
2068-760-643
2069-788-668
2070-816-692
2071-845-718
2072-874-744
2073-905-771
2074-935-798
2075-967-826
2076-1000-855
2077-1033-885
2078-1068-915
2079-1102-946
2080-1138-977
2081-1173-1009
2082-1208-1040
2083-1243-1071
2084-1279-1102
2085-1314-1133
2086-1349-1164
2087-1384-1195
2088-1419-1227
2089-1455-1258
2090-1491-1291
2091-1528-1323
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