Proposed Provision: Starting with the December 2012 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), compute the COLA based on changes in the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E). Use of this CPI series is estimated to result in an annual COLA that is 0.2 percentage point higher, on average, than using the consumer price index for urban wage and clerical workers (CPI-W).

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

Year Present Law Provision
2010355355
2011353353
2012350350
2013346345
2014341339
2015335333
2016330326
2017324319
2018317311
2019309302
2020299291
2021289279
2022277266
2023264252
2024251237
2025237221
2026221205
2027205187
2028189169
2029171150
2030154130
2031136110
203211790
20339869
20347948
20355926
2036394
203719-18
2038-1-41
2039-21-64
2040-42-87
2041-63-110
2042-84-134
2043-105-157
2044-126-181
2045-147-205
2046-168-229
2047-189-253
2048-211-278
2049-233-302
2050-255-327
2051-277-352
2052-299-378
2053-321-403
2054-344-428
2055-366-454
2056-389-480
2057-412-507
2058-436-533
2059-460-561
2060-485-588
2061-509-616
2062-534-644
2063-560-673
2064-586-702
2065-612-732
2066-638-761
2067-665-792
2068-692-822
2069-720-853
2070-748-884
2071-776-916
2072-805-948
2073-834-981
2074-864-1014
2075-894-1048
2076-925-1083
2077-957-1118
2078-989-1153
2079-1021-1189
2080-1054-1226
2081-1087-1263
2082-1121-1301
2083-1156-1340
2084-1191-1379
2085-1227-1418
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