health insurance
noun
: insurance against loss through illness of the insured
especially
: insurance providing compensation for medical expenses
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While HSAs can be used to cover certain medical expenses, consumers can't currently use them to pay insurance premiums — and only consumers who are enrolled in a qualifying high-deductible health insurance plan can make contributions to such an account, experts said.
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Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2026
In addition, Trump wants to require health insurance companies to publish their profits and the percentage of revenue paid out to claims versus overhead costs.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
The family has also opened a GoFundMe to help support the costs of her treatment, which the fundraiser says has already exceeded $200,000, because Flavia did not have health insurance at the time of the incident.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
Officials said that would result in $724 million being transferred, as statutorily required of capital gains revenues above a certain threshold, to the Stabilization Fund, pension costs and retiree health insurance expenses.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 15 Jan. 2026
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Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2026
In addition, Trump wants to require health insurance companies to publish their profits and the percentage of revenue paid out to claims versus overhead costs.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
The family has also opened a GoFundMe to help support the costs of her treatment, which the fundraiser says has already exceeded $200,000, because Flavia did not have health insurance at the time of the incident.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
Officials said that would result in $724 million being transferred, as statutorily required of capital gains revenues above a certain threshold, to the Stabilization Fund, pension costs and retiree health insurance expenses.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 15 Jan. 2026
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“Health insurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/health%20insurance. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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