medical expense

collocation in English

meaningsofmedicalandexpense

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medical
adjective
uk
/ˈmed.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈmed.ɪ.kəl/
related to the treatment of illness ...
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expense
noun
uk
/ɪkˈspens/us
/ɪkˈspens/
the use of money, time, ...
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(Definition ofmedicalandexpensefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmedical expense

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The inadequacy becomes more severe whenmedicalexpenseis set at higher growth rates.
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In addition to retirement plans, other benefits includedmedicalexpenseplans, life insurance, services, matching donation programs to charities, and director legacy donations.
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The liquidation of small livestock (especially chicken) is the dominant strategy employed by more than half of the households to fill emergency cash needs formedicalexpense.
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If these men were taken on to the hill tops, it is probable that the change of air, as of employment, would do a great deal to savemedicalexpense.
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In addition tomedicalexpenseinsurance, health insurance may also refer to insurance covering disability or long-term nursing or custodial care needs.
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The forms of insurance studied include disability income and long-term care insurance as well as different types ofmedicalexpenseinsurance.
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It reflects the quality and quantity of life added due to incurring a particularmedicalexpense.
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Hospital andmedicalexpensepolicies were introduced during the first half of the 20th century.
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Previously, an amount paid to a medical practitioner for surgery of any kind, whether cosmetic or elective did generally qualify as amedicalexpense.
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Before the development ofmedicalexpenseinsurance, patients were expected to pay health care costs out of their own pockets, under what is known as the fee-for-service business model.
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