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Pia

American  
[pee-uh] / ˈpi ə /

noun

  1. a female given name.


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That base amount, known as the primary insurance amount, or PIA, is where you start, and after that, the amount is adjusted each year for inflation.

From MarketWatch

“I’m doing an analysis right now for a couple where his PIA is $4,050 and hers is not too shabby, either. They could have $100,000 coming in as income per year. That’s a huge foundation.”

From MarketWatch

“As there is a lot of confusion going on with the constant new recommendations coming out of the federal government, it is important that we have a stable, trusted, evidence-based immunization schedule to follow and that’s the AAP schedule,” said Dr. Pia Pannaraj, a member of AAP’s infectious disease committee and professor of pediatrics at UC San Diego.

From Los Angeles Times

This is not the age of Pia Zadora.

From Los Angeles Times

“The surviving spouse does not continue to earn additional DRCs after the deceased’s death. The benefit the surviving spouse receives is calculated based on the ‘death PIA,’ which reflects the PIA plus any DRCs earned by the deceased up until their death.”

From MarketWatch