health insurance
noun
: insurance against loss through illness of the insured
especially
: insurance providing compensation for medical expenses
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One of the biggest upcoming health care fights could make health insurance even more expensive.
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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
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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
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“Health insurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/health%20insurance. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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