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health coverage noun[ U ] uk /ˈhelθ ˌkʌv.ər.ɪdʒ/ us /ˈhelθ ˌkʌv.ɚ.ɪdʒ/(also medical coverage) a type of insurance that provides financial protection so that you can pay for medical treatment if you need it: More are more people are losing employer health coverage. His family has no medical coverage and will have to sell their home to pay for his treatment. Medicare overall provides health coverage to more than 40 million seniors. No hospital would put him on the transplant list without health coverage. Education once provided a road to medical coverage. Although he is fit and healthy, two private insurance companies still turned him down for medical coverage. They have a national scheme that provides health coverage for every citizen. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Insurance actuarial assessor assurance bancassurance broking burial society comprehensive comprehensive insurance indemnification indemnify insurable life assurance mature non-network noncoverage policy protect third-party insurance uninsurable uninsured |