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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Map Shows Hardest Working States By Lauren Giella Senior Reporter Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member news article 3 In October 2020, Blue Cross Blue Shield, one of the nation's top health insurance providers, named Kim Keck as the company's new president and CEO. Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025 Prosecutors say Mangione fatally shot Thompson, 50, outside a New York City hotel in December, sparking a days-long manhunt as well as an outpouring of vitriol against the health insurance industry and public support for Mangione. N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025 Such contract discussions often take until the last minute to get hammered out, but one detail about the hospitals spooked a North Texas health insurance broker who requested his name not be used out of job security concerns. Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2025 The administration will also make cuts to divisions at other agencies tasked with responding to approving new drugs, providing health insurance and responding to infectious disease outbreaks. Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for health insurance

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of health insurance was in 1901

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“Health insurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/health%20insurance. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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

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