dependents
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Quarterly premiums will rise from $375 to $390 for one participant, with higher amounts for added dependents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
He didn’t mind the risk because he has ample savings, no dependents and a second income stream as a restaurant investor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
During the Covid pandemic, Congress approved payouts to income-eligible tax filers and their dependents only, a narrower approach that would lower the cost further.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Union workers at the Social Security Administration want the agency to add 20,000 more employees and expand its budget to better serve 75 million retired workers and dependents and people with disabilities.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
One morning, we were summoned to the dining-room — the servants, the family, the dependents — and told that there the sole hope of our College awaited us.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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