health insurance
noun
: insurance against loss through illness of the insured
especially
: insurance providing compensation for medical expenses
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Federal regulators have issued new rules that will terminate health insurance for sick patients mid illness, leave those patients uninsured for up to twelve months, and permanently increase the uninsured by 500,000 lives.
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Michael F. Cannon, National Review, 27 Apr. 2024
People earning up to 100% of the federal poverty level would be covered by Medicaid, while those earning between 100% and 138% of the federal poverty level would receive subsidies to buy insurance through a federal health insurance exchange.
—Emily Wagster Pettus, Quartz, 26 Apr. 2024
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Michael F. Cannon, National Review, 27 Apr. 2024
People earning up to 100% of the federal poverty level would be covered by Medicaid, while those earning between 100% and 138% of the federal poverty level would receive subsidies to buy insurance through a federal health insurance exchange.
—Emily Wagster Pettus, Quartz, 26 Apr. 2024
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“Health insurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/health%20insurance. Accessed 5 May. 2024.
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