health insurance
noun
: insurance against loss through illness of the insured
especially
: insurance providing compensation for medical expenses
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Illinois residents have been walloped by surging health insurance costs this year.
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Barbara Hoare, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Collins and Shaheen focused their previous proposal on allowing people with private and employer-based health insurance to buy a month’s supply of insulin at $35 or less.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Without action, backers of the initiative warn millions of Californians could lose health insurance and dozens of hospitals and ERs could close.
—Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
According to the union, the university proposed an increase in health insurance premiums of 67% over four years, raising the annual cost for a graduate assistant from $280 to $468, and for a graduate assistant with a family from $1,822 to just over $3,000.
—Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
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Barbara Hoare, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Collins and Shaheen focused their previous proposal on allowing people with private and employer-based health insurance to buy a month’s supply of insulin at $35 or less.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Without action, backers of the initiative warn millions of Californians could lose health insurance and dozens of hospitals and ERs could close.
—Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
According to the union, the university proposed an increase in health insurance premiums of 67% over four years, raising the annual cost for a graduate assistant from $280 to $468, and for a graduate assistant with a family from $1,822 to just over $3,000.
—Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Health insurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/health%20insurance. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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