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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
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The image circulated widely online – as an interstate effort to identify him was underway and also as critics of the health insurance industry praised the crime.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2024
In the days after the murder, some have said Mangione expressed the deep anger that many Americans feel toward the health insurance industry.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 16 Dec. 2024
When Mangione was arrested, police found a ghost gun, as well as a notebook with detailed plans of the killing, and a handwritten manifesto decrying the health insurance industry.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2024
National News Florida woman charged with threatening health insurance company with ‘delay, deny, depose’
A Florida woman has been charged with threatening her health insurance provider during a phone...
—The Denver Post, 15 Dec. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1901, in the meaning defined above
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“Health insurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/health%20insurance. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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
More from Merriam-Webster on health insurance
Nglish: Translation of health insurance for Spanish Speakers
Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about health insurance
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