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Description of Proposed Provision:
Beginning December 2011, add 1 percentage point to the annual cost-of-living adjustment for OASDI monthly benefits for beneficiaries who have lived past a "specified age", which reflects their age 65 life expectancy. The "specified age" is based on the beneficiary's year of birth and is determined as the sum of: (1) 65 and (2) the unisex cohort life expectancy at age 65 for the Social Security area population with the same year of birth as the beneficiary.

Estimates based on the intermediate assumptions of the 2010 Trustees Report

Summary Measures
[As a percentage of taxable payroll]
Present Law Change from present law Results with this provision
Long-range
actuarial
balance
Annual
balance in
75th year
Long-range
actuarial
balance
Annual
balance in
75th year
Long-range
actuarial
balance
Annual
balance in
75th year
-1.92 -4.12 -0.08 -0.11 -2.00 -4.23


graph of OASDI cost rates and income rates by year, under
                 present law and provision. click on graph to view underlying
                 data. graph of OASDI trust fund ratio by year, under present law
                 and provision. click on graph to view underlying data.
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