Proposed Provision: Eliminate dropout years for OASI and DI computation of primary insurance amount (PIA) for individuals newly eligible for benefits from 2012 to 2020. Specifically, for OASDI benefit computation, reduce the maximum number of drop-out years from 5 for benefit eligibility in 2011, with a decrease of 1 computation year in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020.

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

Year Present Law Provision
2010355355
2011353353
2012350350
2013346346
2014341341
2015335336
2016330331
2017324326
2018317320
2019309313
2020299305
2021289296
2022277287
2023264276
2024251265
2025237252
2026221240
2027205226
2028189212
2029171198
2030154183
2031136168
2032117153
203398137
203479122
203559106
20363990
20371974
2038-157
2039-2141
2040-4225
2041-639
2042-84-7
2043-105-23
2044-126-38
2045-147-54
2046-168-70
2047-189-86
2048-211-102
2049-233-118
2050-255-134
2051-277-150
2052-299-166
2053-321-182
2054-344-198
2055-366-215
2056-389-231
2057-412-248
2058-436-265
2059-460-283
2060-485-300
2061-509-318
2062-534-337
2063-560-355
2064-586-374
2065-612-393
2066-638-413
2067-665-432
2068-692-452
2069-720-473
2070-748-493
2071-776-515
2072-805-536
2073-834-558
2074-864-580
2075-894-603
2076-925-626
2077-957-650
2078-989-674
2079-1021-698
2080-1054-723
2081-1087-749
2082-1121-775
2083-1156-801
2084-1191-828
2085-1227-855
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