And early signs indicate many of the same challenges seen in the private market have carried over to the new, state-run insurance exchanges that are part of the health care overhaul: Only 24 states require insurers to cover weight loss surgery for patients.
adj. set up to endure. 1  begun. 2  chartered. 3  codified. 4  completed. 5  conceived. 6  endowed. 7  equipped. 8  finished. 9  founded. 10  inaugurated. 11  incorporated. 12  initiated. 13  instituted. 14  organized. 15  originated. 16  produced. 17  ratified. 18  realized. 19  set up. 20  settled. 21  systematized.
Abbreviation is a relatively old word and has been used since the 1400s. It is the noun form of the word abbreviate from the Late Latin abbreviÄtus meaning âshortened.â Initialism arose at the end of the 1800s, combining initial with the suffix -ism, which forms nouns from verbs like baptism. Acronym is relatively new.