sicker
Example Sentences
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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
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
“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
And when it didn’t, it only made you sicker.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
