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 2027. 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
2020261261
2021248248
2022233233
2023217217
2024200200
2025183183
2026165165
2027148148
2028130130
2029112112
20309494
20317676
20325858
20333939
20342020
203511
2036-19-18
2037-38-38
2038-59-58
2039-80-79
2040-101-100
2041-122-121
2042-144-143
2043-166-164
2044-188-186
2045-210-208
2046-232-230
2047-255-252
2048-277-274
2049-299-296
2050-322-318
2051-344-341
2052-367-363
2053-389-385
2054-412-407
2055-434-429
2056-457-452
2057-480-475
2058-504-497
2059-527-520
2060-551-544
2061-575-567
2062-599-592
2063-624-616
2064-650-641
2065-676-666
2066-702-692
2067-728-718
2068-755-744
2069-782-771
2070-809-798
2071-837-825
2072-866-853
2073-895-882
2074-925-911
2075-955-941
2076-986-971
2077-1018-1002
2078-1051-1034
2079-1084-1067
2080-1119-1101
2081-1154-1136
2082-1190-1171
2083-1226-1206
2084-1263-1242
2085-1300-1278
2086-1337-1315
2087-1374-1351
2088-1411-1388
2089-1448-1424
2090-1484-1459
2091-1520-1494
2092-1554-1528
2093-1589-1561
2094-1623-1594
2095-1657-1627
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