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add dependent

To add a dependent means to include a person who qualifies as a dependent, such as a spouse or child, in an insurance enrollment so that coverage is requested for that person under another insured person's policy or plan.

In plain English

This is about including another eligible family member in one person's insurance enrollment. The added person must qualify as a dependent, such as a spouse or child. It is a request for coverage for that person under the insured person's policy or plan.

In context

Here, "add dependent" denotes a control for including another person who qualifies as a dependent in the insurance enrollment so coverage is requested for that person under the insured person's policy or plan.

Situation
Enrolling in policies and reading coverage, member, beneficiary, and effective-date labels
What it communicates
offers a control for creating another dependent entry

Meaning limits

The term itself does not establish whether that person actually meets the plan's definition of a dependent.

Examples

“After the wedding, he asked to add his spouse as a dependent to his insurance enrollment.”

Core meaning

“To include the employee's child in the enrollment, the clerk clicked Add Dependent.”

In context

  • enroll Broader Term

    The target is a more specific enrollment action within insurance coverage.

  • remove dependent Opposite

    This means taking a dependent off the coverage request instead of adding one.