Proposed Provision: Progressive price indexing (30th percentile) of PIA formula factors beginning with individuals newly eligible for OASI benefits in 2021: Create a new bend point at the 30th percentile of the AIME distribution of newly retired workers. Maintain current-law benefits for earners at the 30th percentile and below. Reduce the 32 and 15 percent formula factors above the 30th percentile such that the initial benefit for a worker with AIME equal to the taxable maximum grows by inflation rather than growth in the SSA average wage index. Disabled workers are: (a) not affected prior to normal retirement age; and (b) subject to a proportional reduction in benefits, based on the worker's years of disability, upon conversion to retired-worker beneficiary status.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2012340340
2013329329
2014315315
2015302302
2016290290
2017277277
2018265265
2019253253
2020240240
2021227227
2022212212
2023197197
2024181181
2025164165
2026147148
2027129130
2028110112
20299092
20307073
20314952
20322731
2033510
2034-18-12
2035-41-34
2036-65-57
2037-89-79
2038-114-102
2039-138-125
2040-163-148
2041-189-172
2042-215-195
2043-240-218
2044-266-242
2045-292-265
2046-319-288
2047-346-312
2048-373-335
2049-400-359
2050-428-382
2051-456-406
2052-484-429
2053-512-452
2054-540-475
2055-569-499
2056-598-522
2057-628-545
2058-657-568
2059-688-592
2060-719-615
2061-750-639
2062-782-663
2063-814-686
2064-847-710
2065-880-734
2066-913-757
2067-946-781
2068-980-804
2069-1014-828
2070-1049-851
2071-1084-875
2072-1120-899
2073-1156-923
2074-1193-948
2075-1230-972
2076-1268-997
2077-1307-1022
2078-1346-1047
2079-1385-1072
2080-1425-1097
2081-1465-1122
2082-1505-1147
2083-1547-1173
2084-1588-1198
2085-1631-1224
2086-1673-1250
2087-1717-1276
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