the uninsured

noun

: people who do not have insurance

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This figure is 44% higher than the uninsured rate for Blacks and 61% higher than that for whites. Noreen Sugrue, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025 Critics say work requirements are a backhanded way to slim down the Medicaid rolls, since the paperwork requirements of such programs have proved so onerous that eligible people drop out, causing the uninsured rate to rise. Elisabeth Rosenthal, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025 Both in the Golden State and nationally, growing crises around AIDS, gun violence, homelessness, and drug abuse coincided with a steep rise in the uninsured rate. Time, 6 May 2025 The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the work requirement alone will save $301 billion over 10 years, mainly by pushing roughly 8.6 million Americans into the ranks of the uninsured. Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for the uninsured

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“The uninsured.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20uninsured. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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