Health insurance

How it is used

Many residence permits and student visas require proof of health insurance. Some countries add a health charge to visa costs, while others expect you to join the public system or buy private cover. You take out, have or are covered by health insurance.

Example sentences

1. International students must show proof of health insurance when they register.

2. My employer's health insurance also covers my wife and children.

Common collocations

• take out health insurance
• public health insurance
• private health insurance
• proof of health insurance

Related terms

• travel insuranceInsurance that pays for medical treatment and other problems, such as cancelled trips or lost luggage, while you are travelling abroad.
• residence permitAn official document that allows a foreign citizen to live in a country for a set period, usually longer than a tourist visit.
• student visaA visa that allows you to live in a country for the length of a course at a school, college or university there.
• open a bank accountTo become a customer of a bank by starting an account, usually after showing your ID, proof of address and sometimes your immigration status.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• health insurance · Healthcare Management
• health insurance · Insurance

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• relocate
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