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.
Definition of establish. 1  transitive verb. 2  1 : to institute (as a law) permanently by enactment or agreement. 3  2 obsolete : settle 4  7. 3a : to make firm or stableb : to introduce and cause to grow and multiply establish grass on pasturelands.