chiefly Scotland
: secure, safe
also
: dependable
sicker
adverb
chiefly Scotland
sickerly
adverb
chiefly Scotland
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Critics argue that AHPs may segment the market by attracting healthier people, thereby undermining ACA risk pools and increasing costs for sicker enrollees.
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Justin Leventhal, Boston Herald, 11 Jan. 2026
This leaves a sicker risk pool behind and drives premiums even higher for those who remain.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
Families will drop their plans, get sicker and even die without essential treatment, and hospitals will be overwhelmed with untreated people coming to the emergency room.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2026
Over time, that could make the program more expensive for the older, sicker population that remains.
—Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
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Justin Leventhal, Boston Herald, 11 Jan. 2026
This leaves a sicker risk pool behind and drives premiums even higher for those who remain.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
Families will drop their plans, get sicker and even die without essential treatment, and hospitals will be overwhelmed with untreated people coming to the emergency room.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2026
Over time, that could make the program more expensive for the older, sicker population that remains.
—Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
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“Sicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sicker. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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