: insurance against loss through illness of the insured
especially: insurance providing compensation for medical expenses
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe bureau said the proportion of Americans with health insurance for some or all of 2021 was 91.7%, up 0.4% from 2020. Paul Overberg, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022 Additionally, those with health insurance can purchase over-the-counter diagnostic tests at low or no cost — with the charge either covered directly at the point of sale or eligible for reimbursement later.Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022 And many of the people with PMDD who wrote to The Post expressed exhausting processes of seeing different doctors, trial-and-error with medications, and negotiating with health insurance. Natalie Bettendorf, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022 Existing state law will already raise the minimum wage to $11 an hour for employees with health insurance and $12 an hour for all other employees, but the ballot question would provide a $12 minimum wage across the board. Kenneth Tran, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2022 However, the law does not cap the cost of insulin for the millions of people with private health insurance, as Republicans successfully blocked its inclusion in the bill. Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 16 Aug. 2022 The study found that overall, less than a third of people with health insurance get the hepatitis C medicines within a year of diagnosis. Mike Stobbe, ajc, 9 Aug. 2022 Alabama ranked in the top five in the percentage of children with health insurance. Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al, 8 Aug. 2022 Nevada Nevada's minimum wage will increase from $9.75 an hour to $10.50 an hour for workers without health coverage, while employees with health insurance will see their baseline pay increase from $8.75 an hour to $9.50 an hour. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 30 June 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
1901, in the meaning defined above
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