Description of 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 2025. 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.

Estimates based on the intermediate assumptions of the 2018 Trustees Report

Summary Measures
Current law
[percent of payroll]		   Change from current law
[percent of payroll]		   Shortfall eliminated
Long-range
actuarial
balance		 Annual
balance in
75th year		   Long-range
actuarial
balance		 Annual
balance in
75th year		   Long-range
actuarial
balance		 Annual
balance in
75th year
-2.84 -4.32   0.09 0.19   3% 4%

graph of OASDI cost rates and income rates by year, under current law and provision. click on graph to view underlying data. graph of OASDI trust fund ratio by year, under current law and provision. click on graph to view underlying data.