How to Use the uninsured in a Sentence

the uninsured

noun
  • Here are five ways that the uninsured can find affordable care.
    — Renuka Rayasam, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Turn the insured into the uninsured.
    — Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The blow could push thousands back into the uninsured market.
    — Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2025
  • That fact alone complicates the narrative that coverage is out of reach for most of the uninsured.
    — Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • For the uninsured, being treated for certain conditions may be out of the question due to high costs.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Houdek warned the uninsured rate could rise if those consumers decide their marketplace plan is not worth the cost and drop coverage.
    — Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Over half of the uninsured may be eligible for existing subsidized plans, and many forgo coverage by choice, not solely due to cost.
    — Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Hughes has long been an advocate for providing health insurance to the uninsured as well as increasing wages for low-income workers.
    — Sarah Title, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The OrbDoc analysis found that hospitals on average charge the uninsured almost five times what Medicare pays for the same procedure.
    — Gretchen Morgenson, NBC news, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The health clinics receive federal grants to provide low-cost care to underserved populations, including the underinsured and the uninsured.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Blue Cross estimates up to 265,000 residents could lose their tax credits and rejoin the uninsured if the subsidies expire.
    — Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Access to Obamacare plans helped cut the uninsured rate for this age group by half, according to AARP, a lobbying group that represents older adults.
    — Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Access to Obamacare plans helped cut the uninsured rate for this age group by half, according to AARP, a lobbying group that represents older adults.
    — Sam Whitehead, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Access to Obamacare plans helped cut the uninsured rate for this age group by half, according to AARP, a lobbying group that represents older adults.
    — Sam Whitehead, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Click responded that the law specifically covered only the uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage that only the ride-sharing companies have to carry.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Wegovy and Ozempic, the weight loss medications made by Novo Nordisk, are currently listed at $499 per monthly dose for the uninsured.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Analysts have projected that the uninsured rate in Massachusetts could double as a result of the new rules in the federal mega law that tighten Medicaid eligibility.
    — State House News Service, Boston Herald, 25 Nov. 2025
  • As the uninsured rate rises in non-expansion states and the budget law’s Medicaid cuts loom, lawmakers say state funds will not backfill the loss of federal dollars, including in states that have refused to expand Medicaid.
    — Daniel Chang, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Rubel asked Vander Woude what his plan was for the hospitals — namely rural health clinics — that would now be made to shoulder the brunt of the uninsured care for tens of thousands of low-income Idahoans poised to no longer have health coverage if his bill became law.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The worst effects of the storm weren’t solely borne by the residents living in the hurricane’s direct path, but by those already burdened by other social and economic challenges, such as the uninsured and those in rental precarity, families living in poverty, and people in poor health.
    — Manann Donoghoe, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Medicaid was turned into something for which it was never intended when in the Obama administration, eligibility was significantly increased in order to drive down the uninsured throughout the nation.
    — Steve Levy, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Many pundits mistakenly proclaimed the direct-to-consumer option would only benefit the uninsured and not help the majority of Americans who have private insurance coverage with prescription drug coverage.
    — Bobby Jindal, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Those policies concerning the marketplace would add about 3 million people to the ranks of the uninsured over the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office estimated in September.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Obama promised ObamaCare would create a competitive health care marketplace, with high-quality insurance, lower premiums and virtually eliminate the uninsured.
    — Merrill Matthews, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2018
  • Before that, Freeman served as assistant attorney general representing the uninsured employers fund in workers' compensation hearings and advised in various criminal and civil areas.
    — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Federally qualified health centers, or FQHCs, and other community clinics offer routine and non-emergency care, such as treatment for flu or infection, for low-income residents and the uninsured.
    — Renuka Rayasam, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2026
  • These disparities can carry implications for emergency care access, hospital financial stability in rural counties and the uninsured share among working Texans who could not afford employer or marketplace coverage.
    — Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement Older adults and seniors are particularly at risk of losing access to their healthcare, since the subsidies spurred a 50% reduction in the uninsured rate among Americans 50 to 64.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Most projections show an increase in the uninsured rate next year, unless Congress acts to extend higher subsidies for people who buy on the individual marketplace, with more losing coverage in 2027 as stricter Medicaid eligibility rules kick in.
    — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2025
  • For most of the last decade, the uninsured rate for kids has dropped as more families enrolled in Medicaid and Child Health Plan Plus, said Toni Sarge, director of health policy at the Colorado Children’s Campaign.
    — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2025

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