health insurance
noun
: insurance against loss through illness of the insured
especially
: insurance providing compensation for medical expenses
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Also consider the expense and that health insurance may not cover the cost.
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Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2025
The company’s offerings span retail life insurance and annuities, as well as workplace services including group benefits like disability and dental coverage, supplemental health insurance, and retirement plan services such as 401(k)s.
—Peter High, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Create a self-employment system that supports live performers, who have notoriously had a difficult time getting proper health insurance and other basic elements of normal employment.
—Seth Yudof, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Next year, the hospital is expecting to continue to treat more and more patients, but fewer of them will have health insurance because of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which ended the tax credits for people purchasing health insurance plans through the Affordable Care Act marketplace.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2025
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Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2025
The company’s offerings span retail life insurance and annuities, as well as workplace services including group benefits like disability and dental coverage, supplemental health insurance, and retirement plan services such as 401(k)s.
—Peter High, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Create a self-employment system that supports live performers, who have notoriously had a difficult time getting proper health insurance and other basic elements of normal employment.
—Seth Yudof, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Next year, the hospital is expecting to continue to treat more and more patients, but fewer of them will have health insurance because of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which ended the tax credits for people purchasing health insurance plans through the Affordable Care Act marketplace.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for health insurance
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“Health insurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/health%20insurance. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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