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Description of Proposed Provision:
Beginning with those newly eligible for OASDI benefits in 2019, create a new bend point at the 50th percentile of the AIME distribution of newly retired workers and gradually reduce all PIA formula factors except for the 90 percent factor. By 2052: a) the 32 percent PIA formula factor below the new bend point reduces to 30 percent; b) the 32 percent PIA factor above the new bend point reduces to 10 percent; and c) the 15 percent factor reduces to 5 percent.

Estimates based on the intermediate assumptions of the 2012 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
-2.67 -4.50 0.86 2.15 -1.81 -2.35


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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