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

Another possible issue could be eligibility for Affordable Care Act marketplace health insurance subsidies, which make monthly premiums more affordable. —Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025

More than 9 million Republicans and Republican-leaning independents depend on Obamacare for their health insurance, the KFF found. —Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025

And most farm families also have members who work off-farm jobs, often for access to health insurance and retirement benefits. —Tim Slack, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025

As many as 265,000 Tennesseans could face losing their health care coverage due to unaffordability as pandemic-era health care tax credits are set to expire at the end of the year, causing health insurance premiums to spike. —Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 11 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