sicker

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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

Typically, as health-insurance costs rise, healthier people are the most likely to forgo insurance, leaving a sicker, more costly pool of policyholders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 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

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

“If Mother is any sicker than she was when she came down to dinner, all right,” I says.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner