health insurance

İngilizce - Türkçe

health insurance teriminin İngilizce Türkçe sözlükte anlamı: sağlık sigortası; (Ticaret) hastalığa karşı sigorta; hastalık sigortası; sağlık sigortası
individual health insurance: (Sigorta) ferdi sağlık sigortası

İngilizce - İngilizce

health insurance teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı: Financial protection against the health care costs arising from disease or accidental bodily injury Such insurance usually covers all or part of the costs of treating the disease or injury Insurance may be obtained on either an individual or a group basis Although the term is often used by policymakers to refer to comprehensive coverage, insurers and regulators use it also to refer to other forms of coverage such as long term care insurance, supplemental insurance, specified disease policies, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance; Insurance covering medical expenses or income loss resulting from injury or sickness Health insurance is a general category that includes many different types of insurance coverage, including hospital confinement insurance, hospital expense insurance, surgical expense insurance, major medical insurance, disability income insurance, dental expense insurance, prescription drug insurance, and vision care insurance See also disability income insurance and medical expense insurance; A policy that will pay specified sums for medical expenses or treatments Health policies can offer many options and vary in their approaches to coverage; Formerly sickness insurance but now has superseded the term accident and sickness insurance; Insurance against financial losses resulting from sickness or accidental bodily injury Protection that provides payment of benefits for covered sickness or injury Included under this heading are various types of insurance such as accident insurance, disability income insurance, medical expense insurance, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance; includes traditional fee-for-service health plans, preferred-provider health plans, health maintenance organizations (HMO's), commercial Medicare supplements, and other health insurance; Artist health insurance - Health insurance - NY - Health insurance - CA; A type of insurance coverage that provides benefits for an insured's sickness, injury, or disability See also disability income insurance, long-term care (LTC) insurance, and medical expense insurance; insurance which provides compensation for medical expenses in the case of illness; A contractual relationship whereby an insurance company (the insurer) agrees to reimburse the insured for health care costs in exchange for a premium The contract (policy) generally stipulates the type of health care benefits covered as well as costs to be reimbursed; Insurance against loss by sickness or bodily injury The generic form for those forms of insurance that provide lump sum or periodic payments in the event of loss occasioned by bodily injury, sickness or disease, and medical expense The term Health Insurance is now used to replace such terms as Accident Insurance, Sickness Insurance, Medical Expense Insurance, Accidental Death Insurance, and Dismemberment Insurance The form is sometimes called Accident and Health, Accident and Sickness, Accident, or Disability Income Insurance (H); See: Health Insurance (NYSHIP); Coverage provided through individual policies, group coverage or a health maintenance organization Generally covers major medical, hospitalization, dental, life, accident, disability and medical insurance or continuation of coverage; Benefits consisting of medical care (provided directly or through insurance or reimbursement) under any hospital or medical service policy, plan contract, or HMO contract offered by a health insurance company or a group health plan Excludes accident or disability income insurance, workers compensation, automobile insurance with medical coverage, coverage for on-site medical clinics or dental or vision benefits; A line of insurance that protects the insured against financial loss due to medical bills; insurance against loss due to ill health; Insurance against financial losses resulting from sickness or accidental bodily injury Health insurance provides for payment of benefits for covered sickness or injury Included under this heading are various types of insurance such as accident insurance, disability income insurance, medical expense insurance, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance; This term has become accepted by the industry for the branch which includes all types of loss of time and medical expense insurance It is also known as accident and health insurance, sickness and accident insurance, etc; Coverage that provides benefits as a result of sickness or injury Policies include insurance for losses from accident, medical expense, disability, or accidental death and dismemberment; Coverage that provides for the payment of benefits as a result of sickness or injury Includes insurance for losses from accident, medical expenses, disability, or accidental death and dismemberment; Insurance that pays for specified expenses related to medical treatment; Insurance against financial losses resulting from sickness or accidental bodily injury Included under this definition are accident insurance, disability insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance Private Medical Insurance (to provide for the cost of private - ie not within the National Health Service - medical treatment also comes under this general heading); Insurance that covers payments for medication or to medical providers and hospitals; Health insurance coverage at the time of the survey interview in 1997; Financial protection against all or part of the medical care costs to treat illness or injury Health insurance may also include benefits for preventive health care to help you stay healthy; Insurance against expenses incurred through illness of the insured. System for the advance financing of medical expenses through contributions or taxes paid into a common fund to pay for all or part of health services specified in an insurance policy or law. The key elements are advance payment of premiums or taxes, pooling of funds, and eligibility for benefits on the basis of contributions or employment without an income or assets test. Health insurance may apply to a limited or comprehensive range of medical services and may provide for full or partial payment of the costs of specific services. Benefits may consist of the right to certain medical services or reimbursement of the insured for specified medical costs. Private health insurance is organized and administered by an insurance company or other private agency; public health insurance is run by the government (see social insurance). Both forms of health insurance are to be distinguished from socialized medicine and government medical-care programs, in which doctors are employed directly or indirectly by the goverment, which also owns the health-care facilities (e.g., Britain's National Health Service). See also insurance; A policy that will pay specifies sums for medical expenses or treatments Health policies can offer many options and vary in their approaches to coverage; PPO