health insurance

noun

: insurance against loss through illness of the insured

especially : insurance providing compensation for medical expenses

Examples of health insurance in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With health savings accounts, people who pay high out-of-pocket costs for health insurance are able to set aside money, without paying taxes, for medical expenses. —Amanda Seitz, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2025

Mangione's defense is arguing that evidence including his backpack and its contents - a 9mm pistol with a silencer and a notebook filled with writings expressing disdain for the health insurance industry - should not be admitted, saying it was unlawfully searched without a warrant. —Christina Fan, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025

More than 9 million Republicans and Republican-leaning independents depend on Obamacare for their health insurance, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) found. —Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025

Atrium also withheld taxes and health insurance premiums from its workers' paychecks but kept the money instead of passing it on, prosecutors said. —Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 5 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for health insurance

• reassurance
• reinsurance
• assurance
• durance

Medical Definition

health insurance

noun

: insurance against loss through illness of the insured

especially : insurance providing compensation for medical expenses

Legal Definition

health insurance

noun

: insurance against loss through illness or injury of the insured

especially : insurance providing compensation for medical expenses and often income for disability