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.
Another word for original. Preceding all others in time: earliest, first, initial, maiden, pioneer, primary, prime, primordial. Arising from or going to the root or source: basal, basic, foundational, fundamental, primary, radical, underlying. Not derived from something else: primary, prime, primitive.