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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The image circulated widely online – as an interstate effort to identify him was underway and also as critics of the health insurance industry praised the crime. Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2024 In the days after the murder, some have said Mangione expressed the deep anger that many Americans feel toward the health insurance industry. Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 16 Dec. 2024 When Mangione was arrested, police found a ghost gun, as well as a notebook with detailed plans of the killing, and a handwritten manifesto decrying the health insurance industry. Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2024 National News Florida woman charged with threatening health insurance company with ‘delay, deny, depose’ A Florida woman has been charged with threatening her health insurance provider during a phone... The Denver Post, 15 Dec. 2024 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 30 Dec. 2024.

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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