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.
foundation late 14c., action of founding, from L. fundationem (nom. fundatio) a founding, from fundatus, pp. of fundare (see found (1)). The L. word is glossed in O.E. by staÃ¾ol. Meaning that which is founded (a college, hospital, etc.) is from 1510s; meaning funds endowed is early 15c. Sense of solid base of a structure is from late 15c. Tie to the foundation thread of the first oval of the first circle.