HEALTH INSURANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does health insurance mean? 

• HEALTH INSURANCE (noun)
  The noun HEALTH INSURANCE has 1 sense:

1. insurance against loss due to ill health

  Familiarity information: HEALTH INSURANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEALTH INSURANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Insurance against loss due to ill health

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("health insurance" is a kind of...):

insurance (promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "health insurance"):

hospitalization; hospitalization insurance (insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense)

health maintenance organization; HMO (group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians)

 Context examples 

Sometimes government programs or your health insurance will help cover the cost of certain home care services.

(Home Care Services, NIH)

A 1996 U.S. law that allows workers and their families to keep their health insurance when they change or lose their jobs.

(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, NCI Dictionary)

You can also purchase health insurance on your own.

(Health Insurance, NIH)

Managed care plans are a type of health insurance.

(Managed Care, NIH)

A health insurance program for people who cannot afford regular medical care.

(Medicaid, NCI Dictionary)

Medicare is the U.S. government's health insurance program for people age 65 or older.

(Medicare, NIH)

A U.S. federal health insurance program for people aged 65 years or older and people with certain disabilities.

(Medicare, NCI Dictionary)

Medicaid is government health insurance that helps many low-income people in the United States to pay their medical bills.

(Medicaid, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)

If you have health insurance, it usually pays at least part of your medical costs.

(Financial Assistance, NIH)

If you need a mortgage or want to negotiate company benefits, like better health insurance than the one you have now, this month would be a good time to tackle that question.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)