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health insurance
n.
Insurance against expenses incurred through illness of the insured.
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health′ insur`ance
n.
insurance that compensates the insured for the medical expenses of an illness or hospitalization.
[1900–05]
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health insurance
Insurance that a person takes out to pay for medical treatment.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 hospitalization insurance, hospitalization - 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 |
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