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.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Begin(verb) to have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence. 2  Begin(verb) to do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start.