health insurance

American  

noun

1. insurance that compensates the insured for expenses or loss incurred for medical reasons, as through illness or hospitalization.

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Etymology

Origin of health insurance

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

This pattern suggests that recent efforts to expand health insurance and access to care have produced stronger improvements than general health spending, which appears to have a more limited effect.

From Science Daily

When I retire at age 62, I will receive health insurance through my wife’s employer until she retires.

From MarketWatch

These problems are why people buy health insurance in the first place.

From MarketWatch

Patients also have to deal with changes to their health insurance at the start of a new year, and more employers have withdrawn coverage of the pricey medications.

From MarketWatch

For example, you might curb your income by taking some time off work or declining freelance projects, says Kevin Knauss, a health insurance agent in California who helps clients in this arena.

From Barron's

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