Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective That cannot be covered by insurance.
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- adjective Not
insurable , unable to beinsured .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not capable of being insured or not eligible to be insured
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Examples
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The holocaust of the poor and uninsurable is ending.
How's Obama doing? 2009
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Young people with deadly diseases should not remain uninsurable forever.
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I was walking down the hill tonight - to the party in the street thinking about this about how just this last month I actually thought about not paying my health insurance - it is higher then my rent - it costs $640 a month - because of the cancer I am "uninsurable" - so I can't give it up or I will never be able to get it again.
Identity Woman 2009
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- Children with chronic and acute medical conditions are now eligible to enroll in Tennessee's high risk pool for people classified as uninsurable by commercial insurance providers.
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Under the current health care system, when children with type 1 diabetes become young adults, and go off their parents health insurance, they become "uninsurable".
GA congressman describes hate mail, Nazi graffiti after protests 2009
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- Extension of Medicaid for those deemed "uninsurable"
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Under the current health care system, when chidren with type1 diabetes become young adults, and go off of their parents health insurance, they become "uninsurable".
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As someone who is "uninsurable" in Florida (read: I can not buy private insurance for _any price_) I was hoping for a single payer plan to be put into effect immediately.
Discourse.net: Obama Gets the Health Care Bill He Wanted 2009
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With sharply rising uncertainty, reaching now a radical, "uninsurable" level even for short-term, such "unforeseen" externalities become critically important.
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Similarly, I see the world as an enormous problem of optimization under radical, "uninsurable" uncertainty.
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