Proposed Provision: Starting December 2013, 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
2011353353
2012347347
2013341341
2014334333
2015328326
2016321319
2017314311
2018306301
2019296290
2020284278
2021272264
2022259250
2023245234
2024230218
2025214201
2026198184
2027181165
2028164146
2029145126
2030127106
203110784
20328763
20336740
20344618
203525-5
20364-29
2037-18-53
2038-40-77
2039-62-101
2040-85-126
2041-108-151
2042-130-177
2043-153-202
2044-176-228
2045-200-254
2046-223-280
2047-247-306
2048-271-333
2049-295-360
2050-319-387
2051-343-415
2052-368-442
2053-393-470
2054-418-498
2055-443-526
2056-468-554
2057-494-583
2058-521-613
2059-548-643
2060-575-673
2061-602-704
2062-630-735
2063-659-767
2064-687-799
2065-716-831
2066-746-864
2067-775-897
2068-805-930
2069-835-963
2070-866-997
2071-897-1032
2072-928-1067
2073-960-1102
2074-992-1137
2075-1025-1174
2076-1058-1211
2077-1092-1248
2078-1126-1286
2079-1161-1325
2080-1196-1364
2081-1232-1403
2082-1268-1443
2083-1305-1484
2084-1342-1525
2085-1380-1567
2086-1419-1609
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