(health insurance)

  • 1Health insurance — is insurance against the risk of incurring medical expenses among individuals. By estimating the overall risk of health care expenses among a targeted group, an insurer can develop a routine finance structure, such as a monthly premium or payroll …

    Wikipedia

  • 2health insurance — insurance that compensates the insured for expenses or loss incurred for medical reasons, as through illness or hospitalization. [1900 05] * * * System for the advance financing of medical expenses through contributions or taxes paid into a… …

    Universalium

  • 3health insurance — ➔ insurance * * * health insurance UK US noun [U] INSURANCE ► insurance for the cost of medical treatment if you are ill or injured, often paid for by companies for their employees: offer/provide health insurance »Employers with 200 or more… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 4health insurance — n: insurance against loss through illness or injury of the insured; esp: insurance providing compensation for medical expenses and often income for disability Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

    Law dictionary

  • 5health insurance — n insurance against loss through illness of the insured esp insurance providing compensation for medical expenses …

    Medical dictionary

  • 6health insurance — noun insurance against loss due to ill health • Hypernyms: ↑insurance • Hyponyms: ↑hospitalization insurance, ↑hospitalization, ↑health maintenance organization, ↑HMO * * * noun : insurance against l …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 7Health Insurance — A type of insurance coverage that pays for medical and surgical expenses that are incurred by the insured. Health insurance can either reimburse the insured for expenses incurred from illness or injury or pay the care provider directly. Health… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 8health insurance — A contract wherein one known as the insurer agrees, in consideration of the premium paid and to be paid by the other party known as the insured, to indemnify the latter for losses caused by illness, providing indemnification for both expenses and …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 9health insurance — noun Health insurance is used before these nouns: ↑premium, ↑system …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 10health insurance — sveikatos draudimas statusas Aprobuotas sritis draudimo veikla apibrėžtis Turtinių interesų, susijusių su fizinio asmens sveikata, draudimas, apimantis draudimą nuo nelaimingų atsitikimų ir draudimą nuo ligų. atitikmenys: angl. health insurance… …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)