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- noun
Inadequate insurance .
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This problem is often called underinsurance, a problem that will be much, much worse if this is passed.
Comments for Democracy for Vancouver Pat Campbell 2010
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This problem is often called underinsurance, a problem that will be much, much worse if this is passed.
Comments for Democracy for Vancouver Pat Campbell 2010
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One barometer of the "underinsurance" problem is a PriceWaterhouseCoopers survey which found that companies with slowed profit growth are more likely to offer "high deductible insurance plans" that provide no coverage for the first several thousand dollars of treatment.
RJ Eskow: Obama, Healthcare Reform, and the Baucus White Paper: Redefining the Center 2008
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It outlines the implications of a growing "underinsurance" problem and urges government leaders to act to ensure families who purchase insurance get the coverage they need.
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It outlines the implications of a growing "underinsurance" problem and urges government leaders to act to ensure families who purchase insurance get the coverage they need.
AroundTheCapitol.com 2009
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It outlines the implications of a growing "underinsurance" problem and urges government leaders to act to ensure families who purchase insurance get the coverage they need.
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With more than 1,000 homes lost to flames in recent days, other homeowners may find themselves facing similar "underinsurance" problems.
AroundTheCapitol.com 2008
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Whatever the complications, the process has taken a ridiculously long time and RSA admits to unacceptable delays, which it blames partly on the underinsurance, but says everyone involved is being retrained.
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The “underinsurance” of the Senate bill is the high deductible, which is a problem for preventative health care (although still better than now because of the protection from medical extortion), but $1500 bills are not often a bankruptcy-inducing event.
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The “underinsurance” of the Senate bill is the high deductible, which is a problem for preventative health care (although still better than now because of the protection from medical extortion), but $1500 bills are not often a bankruptcy-inducing event.
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