health insurance
noun
: insurance against loss through illness of the insured
especially
: insurance providing compensation for medical expenses
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Consider all of the types of data that organizations typically have about employees such as performance reviews, salary adjustment notifications, company benefit allocations, emergency contact details and even health insurance records.
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Ilia Sotnikov, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The legislation also provides additional federal aid to help Americans buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, though this aid will expire unless Congress and the president renew it next year.
—Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
Actually Practical Magic Conjuring up a life partner whose salary is that of a K-pop star, who can prepare pancake batter (and not from a box), who does not have any optical abnormalities as your health insurance doesn’t cover vision, and who can parallel park.
—Anna Pook, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2024
Voters will also weigh in on three advisory questions, which are non-binding, including one that asks voters whether health insurance plans that provide coverage for pregnancy benefits should also cover reproductive treatments such as in vitro fertilization.
—Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
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Ilia Sotnikov, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The legislation also provides additional federal aid to help Americans buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, though this aid will expire unless Congress and the president renew it next year.
—Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
Actually Practical Magic Conjuring up a life partner whose salary is that of a K-pop star, who can prepare pancake batter (and not from a box), who does not have any optical abnormalities as your health insurance doesn’t cover vision, and who can parallel park.
—Anna Pook, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2024
Voters will also weigh in on three advisory questions, which are non-binding, including one that asks voters whether health insurance plans that provide coverage for pregnancy benefits should also cover reproductive treatments such as in vitro fertilization.
—Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Health insurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/health%20insurance. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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