health insurance
noun
: insurance against loss through illness of the insured
especially
: insurance providing compensation for medical expenses
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With 72 million participants — more than 1 in 5 Americans — Medicaid is the largest health insurance program in the country.
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Brian Castrucci, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Ricks says the company is pushing to expand health insurance coverage.
—Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 5 Mar. 2025
Jackie Bray, commissioner of state Homeland Security, said fewer than 10 officers had been terminated as of Monday and the state was following through in ending health insurance for striking officers and their dependents.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2025
If the federal government decreases its contributions to the Healthy Indiana Plan and the state doesn’t step in to fund the program, about 366,000 Hoosiers would be left without health insurance, according to a study from the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
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Brian Castrucci, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Ricks says the company is pushing to expand health insurance coverage.
—Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 5 Mar. 2025
Jackie Bray, commissioner of state Homeland Security, said fewer than 10 officers had been terminated as of Monday and the state was following through in ending health insurance for striking officers and their dependents.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2025
If the federal government decreases its contributions to the Healthy Indiana Plan and the state doesn’t step in to fund the program, about 366,000 Hoosiers would be left without health insurance, according to a study from the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
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“Health insurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/health%20insurance. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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