uncompensated

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Recent Examples of uncompensated Medicaid cuts could exacerbate ‘extremely tight’ margins King said his hospital could be forced to cut some services if the cuts to Medicaid cause an increase in uncompensated care. Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 21 Sep. 2025 Metro Denver hospitals reported that uncompensated care was up to start 2025, though the severity of the hit varied. Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025 By contrast, the county paid $251,000 for its fire contract for 2025, up from $155,000 in 2024 due to the contract formally accounting for LOFSVFF’s ambulance service to the district, which had gone uncompensated until this year. Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025 But for smaller hospitals, the flexibility to provide that uncompensated care isn’t there. Meg Cunningham, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for uncompensated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncompensated
Adjective
  • This year, the actor Jonathan Bailey was named to the honorary unpaid position.
    Choire Sicha, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Mochen claimed, and text messages from Kaliyev appear to confirm to the Post, that Kaliyev was even barred from practices over the unpaid debts.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • The media mogul served as an honorary grand chair at the event, which took place at the David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center on Wednesday in New York.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Following the revelation by his mother that Louis was avidly gathering conkers as a favorite autumn activity, the World Conker Championships extended an offer for the prince to become the event's honorary patron.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Medicare prescription drug plan, known as Part D, is completely voluntary.
    Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • More than 1% of Americans headed west in one of the largest voluntary mass migrations in human history.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Information technology, consumer discretionary and communication services were the worst-performing sectors in the benchmark.
    Sean Conlon,Pia Singh, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Massachusetts Federal District Judge Indira Talwani ruled against that argument, saying that the government has the option to provide reduced benefits with the contingency funds or shift other discretionary funds to cover the shortfall.
    James Powel, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025

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“Uncompensated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncompensated. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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