sicker

Example Sentences

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When health-insurance prices rise, younger, healthier people are more likely to drop coverage, leaving a greater proportion of sicker people who are costlier for insurers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

In the current system, premiums are calculated by assessing the full pool of enrollees, including those who are older and sicker and tend to spend more on medical care.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 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

“I think he’s running out of steam,” a few of my D.C. happy hour comrades confessed Wednesday after the hearings, “Or he’s really sicker than he lets on.”

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

I felt paler and sicker and exhausted, like I’d pushed something out of me, and now all I wanted to do was sleep.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely