How to Use underinsured in a Sentence

underinsured

adjective
  • Most of the structures were 50-or-more years old and underinsured.
    — Star Tribune, 20 Dec. 2020
  • And some of the men who are catching this are either underinsured or uninsured.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The program makes some vaccines free to kids who are uninsured or underinsured.
    — Marina Kopf, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The program is designed to help those who are uninsured or underinsured.
    — Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Mar. 2021
  • And even for people who are insured about a quarter of working-age adults are underinsured.
    — Eleanore Catolico, Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2024
  • About 50% of its moms are uninsured or underinsured, Vences said.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
  • However, some of those homes may be uninsured or underinsured.
    — Sasha Hupka, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Eighty-seven million people have no health care or are uninsured or underinsured.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Wisconsin has built a cool house, but left itself underinsured against win-or-go-home calamities.
    — Peter Keating, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
  • For the uninsured and underinsured, safety-net providers are available.
    — Jennifer Chesak, Health.com, 7 June 2021
  • The event will provide free school and sports physicals for underinsured children.
    — Staff Report, Daily Southtown, 10 July 2018
  • The move would allow uninsured or underinsured children to receive the vaccines at no cost.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The new clinic will work with uninsured and underinsured patients and plans to develop a sliding fee scale.
    — James Walsh, Star Tribune, 16 Feb. 2021
  • So many restaurants are underinsured.
    — Eric Ryan, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Cuban told me in an email that the service is most heavily used by customers who are uninsured or underinsured or who have high deductibles.
    — Lauren Larson, Men's Health, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The high uninsured or underinsured rate in Puerto Rico will also slow the process.
    — Luis FerrÉ-SadurnÍ, Lizette Alvarez and Frances Robles, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Many properties are uninsured or underinsured and many of those affected haven't even found out whether their homes have survived, let alone filled out claims.
    — John Quiggin For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 10 Jan. 2020
  • In practice, many simply keep the savings for themselves rather than passing them along to uninsured or underinsured patients.
    — Sally Pipes, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Boehringer Ingelheim said the program will help people who are insured, as well as those who are uninsured and underinsured.
    — Korin Miller Updated, Verywell Health, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Credit scores and mortgage debt amounts were unrelated to how underinsured people were.
    — Tony Cookson, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The cost of treatment can also be prohibitive for people who are uninsured or underinsured.
    — Evan MacDonald, Houston Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The hospital is also one of the largest providers of free health care in the region, and many people who are not insured or underinsured rely on its services.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023
  • All uninsured and underinsured people should be placed on Medicare for the duration of the epidemic at least.
    — Ryan Cooper, TheWeek, 12 Mar. 2020
  • This isn’t just because of our 30 million uninsured citizens (and tens of millions more who are underinsured).
    — Robert Pearl, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Others were uninsured or grossly underinsured and are now living in limbo, unable to rebuild or resume their lives as the lawsuits drag on.
    — oregonlive, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Millions of people in the United States are uninsured and millions more are underinsured.
    — Eric Schneider, STAT, 5 Mar. 2020
  • And this is not just an affliction of the uninsured — the underinsured are also not spared from the often-crippling burden of medical debt.
    — Mike Waterbury, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The flu shots are free to adults and children over the age of 4 who are uninsured, underinsured or on Medicaid or Medicare.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 1 Dec. 2020
  • In the past year, the center has been getting more underinsured patients and veterans seeking services, Burleson said.
    — Saja Hindi, The Denver Post, 8 Dec. 2019
  • Someone who is underinsured or uninsured still gets emergency care, but the cost is ultimately borne by insured people.
    — Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2026

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