health insurance

noun

: insurance against loss through illness of the insured
especially : insurance providing compensation for medical expenses

Examples of health insurance in a Sentence

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One of the biggest upcoming health care fights could make health insurance even more expensive. Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025 More people have health insurance today in America than ever before. Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025 In the health insurance realm, for example, the Affordable Care Act provides subsidized health insurance for many Americans, and changing Medicare is a political third rail. Jay Feinman, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025 Our health insurance worked as intended, but cancer put my wife’s plan for returning to work after maternity leave on hold. Paul Thornton, Twin Cities, 14 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for health insurance 

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of health insurance was in 1901

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“Health insurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/health%20insurance. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.

Medical Definition

health insurance

noun
: insurance against loss through illness of the insured
especially : insurance providing compensation for medical expenses

Legal Definition

health insurance

noun
: insurance against loss through illness or injury of the insured
especially : insurance providing compensation for medical expenses and often income for disability

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