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.

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

Year Current Law Provision
2018288288
2019272272
2020256256
2021239239
2022223223
2023206206
2024188188
2025171171
2026154154
2027137137
2028120120
2029104104
20308687
20316969
20325151
20333333
20341414
2035-5-5
2036-25-25
2037-46-45
2038-67-66
2039-88-87
2040-110-108
2041-132-130
2042-154-152
2043-176-174
2044-199-196
2045-221-218
2046-244-241
2047-267-263
2048-289-285
2049-312-308
2050-335-330
2051-358-352
2052-381-375
2053-403-397
2054-426-420
2055-450-442
2056-473-465
2057-496-488
2058-520-511
2059-544-535
2060-569-559
2061-594-583
2062-619-608
2063-645-633
2064-671-659
2065-698-685
2066-725-711
2067-752-738
2068-780-765
2069-808-793
2070-837-821
2071-866-850
2072-896-879
2073-927-909
2074-958-939
2075-990-971
2076-1023-1003
2077-1057-1036
2078-1092-1070
2079-1128-1105
2080-1165-1141
2081-1202-1178
2082-1240-1214
2083-1278-1251
2084-1316-1289
2085-1354-1326
2086-1392-1363
2087-1430-1400
2088-1468-1437
2089-1505-1474
2090-1543-1510
2091-1580-1546
2092-1618-1583
2093-1655-1620
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