the uninsured

noun

: people who do not have insurance

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Other estimates by outside groups have predicted even larger spikes in the uninsured rate. Dan Diamond and Rachel Roubein The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024 According to the release, during last year's record-setting Open Enrollment Period, 21.4 million people signed up for coverage, driving the uninsured rate to a historic low. Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024 The governing trifecta sets the stage for potentially seismic changes that could curtail the law's Medicaid expansion, raise the uninsured rate, weaken patient protections, and increase premium costs for millions of people. Julie Rovner, NPR, 21 Nov. 2024 That division included Medicare and state programs designed to provide care to the uninsured. Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 4 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the uninsured 

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