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sicker

[sik-er] / ˈsɪk ər /




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It means the elderly people who stay in homes with too few staff end up sicker, and have to go and stay in the hospital for longer.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

Since Medicare pays private insurers a set amount per member, the risk-adjusted model ensures companies don’t selectively choose healthy people by paying them more for sicker patients.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

Ergo, insurers must be coding them as being sicker than they are.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Those who lose health insurance will skip medications and primary care and subsequently get sicker and end up in the emergency room, explained Goel.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026

The abandoned makeshift hospital looks sicker than its patients.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung



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