Proposed Provision: Starting December 2016, compute the COLA using the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E). We estimate this new computation will increase the annual COLA by about 0.2 percentage point, on average.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2014320320
2015306306
2016292292
2017277277
2018262261
2019248246
2020233230
2021219215
2022203199
2023187182
2024171164
2025154146
2026137128
2027119109
202810190
20298370
20306449
20314428
2032235
20332-18
2034-20-41
2035-42-65
2036-65-90
2037-88-115
2038-112-141
2039-136-167
2040-160-193
2041-185-220
2042-210-247
2043-235-275
2044-260-302
2045-285-330
2046-310-358
2047-336-386
2048-362-415
2049-388-444
2050-415-473
2051-442-503
2052-468-532
2053-495-562
2054-523-592
2055-550-623
2056-578-653
2057-606-685
2058-635-716
2059-664-748
2060-694-781
2061-725-815
2062-756-848
2063-787-883
2064-819-918
2065-852-953
2066-885-989
2067-918-1026
2068-952-1063
2069-987-1101
2070-1022-1139
2071-1057-1178
2072-1094-1218
2073-1132-1259
2074-1171-1301
2075-1210-1344
2076-1251-1388
2077-1293-1434
2078-1335-1480
2079-1378-1526
2080-1421-1573
2081-1464-1620
2082-1507-1667
2083-1550-1714
2084-1593-1761
2085-1636-1808
2086-1680-1856
2087-1724-1904
2088-1769-1952
2089-1814-2002
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