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

At the same time, tariffs and health insurance added to business costs, potentially fueling inflation concerns, the beige book found.

From The Wall Street Journal

Lawmakers are racing to relieve a problem for the 24.3 million Americans who buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace, otherwise called Obamacare.

From Barron's

The address enabled Luna’s hard-won spot in a subsidized preschool program, the family’s public benefits, access to Newman’s medical specialists and the elusive form of state health insurance — “straight Medi-Cal” — she needs for a transplant.

From Los Angeles Times

Medicaid is the federal-state health insurance plan for some 70 million Americans.

From Salon

“We’ve never gone without health insurance, the thought of that alone just makes me feel like I’m failing my family somehow — but then I remind myself, this is bigger than us.”

From Salon

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