uninsured
Lacking financial protection
Uninsured means lacking insurance coverage, most often health insurance: Millions of Americans remain uninsured.
The uninsured refers collectively to people without coverage.
The term also applies to property, vehicles, or other assets not protected by insurance policies: an uninsured motorist, uninsured losses from the flood.
Lacking sufficient coverage
- self-payUninsured payment method
- uncompensatedNot paid for work
- out-of-pocketPaid from personal funds
- indigentExtremely poor, lacking necessities
ineligible · bankruptcy · subsidy · enrollment · exemption · mandate · preexisting · copayment
State of being unprotected
- hazardSource of potential harm
- gambleStake on uncertain outcome
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- defaultPreset standard option
bankruptcy · loss · catastrophe · peril · jeopardy · insolvency · disaster · accident
Vehicle operator
- accidentUnintended harmful event
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- coverageExtent of inclusion
- at-faultLegally responsible party
hit-and-run · claim · liability · no-fault · policy · protection · victim · compensation
Failing in due care
- liableLegally responsible for something
- damagesCompensation for injury
- tortActionable civil harm
- lawsuitCivil court proceeding
sue · plaintiff · defendant · judgment · settlement · claim · fault · responsibility
Out in open
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- precariousDangerously insecure
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
disadvantaged · impoverished · needy · underserved · marginalized · at-risk · unsupported · powerless
underinsured
Lacking sufficient coverage
- self-payUninsured payment method
- uncompensatedNot paid for work
- out-of-pocketPaid from personal funds
indigent · ineligible · bankruptcy · subsidy · enrollment · exemption · mandate · preexisting · copayment · deductible
exposure
State of being unprotected
- hazardSource of potential harm
- gambleStake on uncertain outcome
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
default · bankruptcy · loss · catastrophe · peril · jeopardy · insolvency · disaster · accident · crisis
driver
Vehicle operator
- accidentUnintended harmful event
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- coverageExtent of inclusion
at-fault · hit-and-run · claim · liability · no-fault · policy · protection · victim · compensation
negligent
Failing in due care
lawsuit · sue · plaintiff · defendant · judgment · settlement · claim · fault · responsibility · accountability
exposed
Out in open
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- precariousDangerously insecure
susceptible · disadvantaged · impoverished · needy · underserved · marginalized · at-risk · unsupported · powerless · disenfranchised
- healthcare problemsmedical errors, misdiagnosis, high costs, long waits, staffing shortages
- health insurancepremium, deductible, copay, coverage, premiums
- healthcare accesshealth access, health coverage, universal coverage, underinsured, coverage gaps
- Coverage Statuscovered, enrolled, unenrolled, lapsed, expired
- Patient Typesinpatient, outpatient, acute, chronic, critical
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
uninsuredinsured
Protected against loss
covered · protected · indemnified · underwritten · policyholder
uninsuredprotected
Kept from harm
safeguarded · secured · guaranteed · backed · hedged
- uninsured patients
- uninsured motoristDriver lacking required coverage
- uninsured driversMotorists lacking coverage policies
- driving uninsuredOperating a vehicle without coverage
- uninsured drivingOperating a vehicle without coverage