health insurance
noun
: insurance against loss through illness of the insured
especially
: insurance providing compensation for medical expenses
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Such organizations generally provide primary care services to residents with Medi-Cal coverage, the state’s last-resort health insurance program for needy or disabled residents.
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Earlier this year, Ohio's Republican lawmakers tried to eliminate an effort that would have allowed children to remain on Medicaid until their fourth birthdays, regardless of changes in circumstances that would have otherwise removed them from the health insurance program.
—Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2025
Gallego also discussed the looming government shutdown, expressing concern over rising health insurance premiums for Americans.
—Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Stoner says that reductions in STI services at the state and local levels, as well as social and economic conditions such as poverty and lack of health insurance, have likely contributed to rising rates of syphilis, which in turn led to increasing rates of congenital syphilis.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Earlier this year, Ohio's Republican lawmakers tried to eliminate an effort that would have allowed children to remain on Medicaid until their fourth birthdays, regardless of changes in circumstances that would have otherwise removed them from the health insurance program.
—Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2025
Gallego also discussed the looming government shutdown, expressing concern over rising health insurance premiums for Americans.
—Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Stoner says that reductions in STI services at the state and local levels, as well as social and economic conditions such as poverty and lack of health insurance, have likely contributed to rising rates of syphilis, which in turn led to increasing rates of congenital syphilis.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Health insurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/health%20insurance. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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