private insurance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprivateandinsurance
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private
adjective
uk/ˈpraɪ.vət/us/ˈpraɪ.vət/
only for one person or group and not ...
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insurance
noun
uk/ɪnˈʃɔː.rənsɪnˈʃʊə.rəns/us/ɪnˈʃɜ.r.əns/
an agreement in which you pay a company money and they pay your costs if you have an accident, ...
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(Definition ofprivateandinsurancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The 1992 act was also the end of theprivateinsuranceindustry's notification pool.
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Theprivateinsurancesector covers 7 percent of the population.
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About 11% of the population also hasprivateinsurance.
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Finally, the third tier consists of additional voluntary contributions and otherprivateinsurance.
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Under contracting out, companies establishedprivateinsurancefunds with contributions from both the employer and the employees.
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Indeed, the effects of an unregulatedprivateinsurancemarket may not be very serious in welfare states where there is protection available for everyone.
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Privateinsurancewould not deliver what is required at an acceptable cost, nor would the industry want to provide that degree of coverage.
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The odds of revascularization for persons without health insurance are 62.4% lower than persons withprivateinsurance.
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Privateinsuranceis allowed, but only in addition to national health insurance.
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Consolidated physician-dominatedprivateinsuranceplans created powerful vested interests opposed to national health insurance.
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Secondly, this kind ofprivateinsuranceprovided by intergenerational solidarity substantially relieves pressure on the public welfare institutions.
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Other solutions could be increased taxes or requiring patients (or theirprivateinsurancepolicies) to pay for the treatment.
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In general, the provision of indexed annuities byprivateinsurancecompanies is difficult when fully-indexed financial assets are not available.
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A second aspect of the privatisation of ownership is the growth in theprivateinsurancemarket,16 facilitated by government policies.
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Either employers now pay wages for sick employees directly, or as most of them have done, reinsure the risk withprivateinsurancecompanies.
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Theprivateinsurancemarket and the financial markets fail to provide assets which give protection against standard-ofliving risk.
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We did see, however, that compared with people without insurance, those withprivateinsurancewere more likely to use a computer for health information.
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More than 70% of health expenses are covered by public sector mechanisms; the remainder is covered by private individuals or complementaryprivateinsuranceschemes.
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For the better-off this is compensated for by the complementaryprivateinsurance.
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