How to Use uninsured in a Sentence

uninsured

adjective
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  • So many of these women were uninsured and hadn’t seen a doctor in years.
    — Dawn Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 July 2022
  • About 18 trillion of them and about half are insured by FDIC and half are uninsured.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 16 May 2024
  • The average cost of care for uninsured patients was $3,673.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Even a program that pays health care providers for the testing and treatment of the uninsured will soon run out of money, per STAT.
    — Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 11 Mar. 2022
  • People who are uninsured or have a high-deductible plan are still paying the full list price.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 30 Sep. 2024
  • But that’s not the case for the 25 million uninsured Americans or the 50 million who are below the poverty line.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune Well, 20 May 2024
  • People with Medicare and those who are uninsured will most likely be charged for at-home tests, as well.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The big question, Levitt said, is how many of the millions of people dropped from Medicaid are now uninsured.
    — Phil Galewitz, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Police said the teen, who was uninjured in the crash, was uninsured, according to the Daily.
    — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The boost in enrollment comes as the number of uninsured Americans this year reached a historic low of 8%.
    — Amanda Seitz, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2022
  • For Russia, shipping uninsured oil might be more difficult than in the case of Iran.
    — Julie Steinberg, WSJ, 7 May 2022
  • And for most uninsured patients in end-stage kidney failure, Medicare would pick up the tab.
    — Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Low-cost or no-cost tests may also be available to people who are uninsured.
    — Ahjané Forbes, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2024
  • About 26 million people in the United States are uninsured.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
  • That change is aimed at helping people who are uninsured or who have to pay the list price of insulin while their plans are in a high-deductible phase.
    — Matthew Herper, STAT, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Not to mention people who are uninsured and can’t afford health care.
    — Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • More than a quarter of women of childbearing age are uninsured, the highest rate in the nation.
    — New York Times, 1 July 2022
  • This single customer parked over $3 billion of uninsured funds with them.
    — Mark T. Williams, Fortune, 21 June 2023
  • But other banks may have to help defray the cost of covering uninsured deposits.
    — Christopher Rugaber, ajc, 18 Mar. 2023
  • And some of the men who are catching this are either underinsured or uninsured.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The funds required to stabilize the two banks will come from fees paid by banks to the FDIC and will be used to secure uninsured deposits by account holders.
    — Shira Stein, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Other bad actors receive the 340B discount but do not pass the savings on to uninsured patients.
    — Bill Cassidy, STAT, 5 July 2023
  • The state’s banks have nowhere near the high rate of uninsured deposits, around 90%, seen at Silicon Valley and Signature banks, Schmidt said.
    — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • In a small town where many of the residents lived below the poverty line, a number of homes were uninsured and so may never be replaced.
    — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 1 May 2024
  • This is the first time in over three decades that Maryland’s uninsured driver penalty fines have been adjusted.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 17 June 2024
  • The region, where more than half of the nation's Black population lives, has high rates of uninsured patients and poverty.
    — Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Funds to cover the costs of vaccination for uninsured Americans are set to run out this week.
    — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Well that’s what people in Florida are dealing with, and in some cases, their homes are uninsured.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
  • In some cases that means uninsured properties—Miami already happens to have the highest share of uninsured homeowners, about 15% worth.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Because treatment is important, anything that blocks it—like being under- or uninsured, which is more common for people of color—can affect a condition like eczema.
    — Lynya Floyd, SELF, 18 Oct. 2024

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