The word 'uninsured' is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a person, property, or event that is not covered by an insurance policy. Example: "The car accident left the uninsured driver with significant financial burden."
Against this, the three options set out for debate would leave an individual paying an average £20,000-£22,500 under a basic partnership scheme, though some would pay far more; £20,000-£25,000 under a voluntary insurance scheme, though the uninsured might pay much more; and £17,000-£20,000 under a compulsory comprehensive scheme.
Near the end of his tenure Texas had the highest rate of medically uninsured residents in the US and one of the highest poverty rates in the country.
He also commented on US president Obama's push to improve healthcare for tens of millions of uninsured citizens, remarking on France's system.
But Sebelius largely shrugged off the criticism by pointing to the millions of uninsured Americans who are expected to benefit from the exchanges.
Norman Bean, who said he had deposited £35,000 of jewellery, also uninsured and including a large diamond, was devastated when he heard of the raid.
A widely cited, peer-reviewed Harvard study published in the American Journal of Public Health in 2009 found that for every 1 million persons who were uninsured there were about 1,000 related, preventable deaths.
"This is by far our biggest problem, the long-term unemployed no longer having access to health services because they are uninsured," said Papanikolaou, a physician herself.
At hospitals in Athens, which have been worst hit by the crisis, social workers say growing numbers of uninsured migrant mothers are failing to register children at birth for fear of being forced to pay delivery rates that at €600 (€1,200 for caesarians) few can afford.
He said some of the dealers who attended the meeting had been uninsured.
Among worried clients who gathered at the premises awaiting news, Michael Miller, a Knightsbridge jeweller, said he felt sick at the prospect of losing up to £50,000 of uninsured jewellery and watches.
The words bespoke a woeful ignorance of the state of emergency care in the United States and the health care quandaries the uninsured face, which we discussed.
