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Uniquely, Planned Parenthood, a nonprofit that serves more than 2 million patients nationwide every year, many of them uninsured, underinsured or who qualify for Medicaid, has also become the target of pointed funding cuts that started under the first Trump administration.
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Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 6 June 2025
Patients – especially the uninsured and underinsured – are left to make impossible choices: delay treatment or take on debt, ration medication or skip checkups, trust the health care system or go without.
—Zachary W. Schulz, The Conversation, 6 June 2025
But because repairing damaged homes has become much more expensive, that can cause homeowners to be underinsured, leaving them vulnerable to substantial losses.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2025
Those who are uninsured or underinsured often can’t afford to pay out of pocket, and people with insurance still often have to fight their insurance company for coverage of mental health services.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2025
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Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 6 June 2025
Patients – especially the uninsured and underinsured – are left to make impossible choices: delay treatment or take on debt, ration medication or skip checkups, trust the health care system or go without.
—Zachary W. Schulz, The Conversation, 6 June 2025
But because repairing damaged homes has become much more expensive, that can cause homeowners to be underinsured, leaving them vulnerable to substantial losses.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2025
Those who are uninsured or underinsured often can’t afford to pay out of pocket, and people with insurance still often have to fight their insurance company for coverage of mental health services.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2025
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“Underinsured.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underinsured. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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underinsured
adjective
un·der·in·sured
ˌən-dər-in-ˈshu̇rd 
: not sufficiently insured : having insufficient insurance to cover losses or damages
an underinsured motorist
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