sicker

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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

Those insurers receive a fixed monthly amount that tends to be higher for sicker beneficiaries that are expected to incur higher healthcare costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 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

Now she was being retreated with the same first-line regimen and, of course, Farmer knew, as he put his stethoscope to her chest, she was only getting sicker.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French