extended coverage

American  

noun

Insurance.

1. an extension of a casualty-insurance policy to provide insurance against risks not covered under the basic policy.

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Example Sentences

The prior year, while Hemsley was still CEO of UnitedHealth, the company’s insurance unit had extended coverage of autism therapy to almost all its members enrolled in commercial plans.

From The Wall Street Journal

About a dozen states have extended coverage for only prenatal care for such people.

From Seattle Times

“The department has previously reported to the committee that the speaker receives the most threats of any member of Congress,” Ms. Lofgren wrote to Chief J. Thomas Manger of the Capitol Police, asking why his department had not extended “coverage to the spouses and/or other family members of the congressional leaders in the presidential line of succession.”

From New York Times

But tight government budgets and the program’s low reimbursement may ultimately limit this push or make it hard for women with extended coverage to find doctors.

From Seattle Times

Her extended coverage has allowed her to once more have access to hypertension and diabetes medications.

From Salon