Medicaren.

Brit.

/ˈmɛdᵻkɛː/, U.S.

/ˈmɛdəˌkɛ(ə)r/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: medical adj., care n.¹

Etymology: < medi- (in medical adj.) + care n.¹ (compare sense 4 at that entry).

A programme, usually government funded, for providing health care; spec. one providing medical insurance for the dependants of members of the U.S. armed forces (the earliest scheme); one administered by the provinces in Canada, begun in Saskatchewan in 1962; one providing health insurance for the elderly in the United States, established in 1965. Cf. Medicaid n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical services and administration > [noun] > health service

health service1935

National Health Service1946

NHS1948

national health1952

Medicare1953

Medicaid1966

Medibank1974

1953 Air Force Times 2 May 1/4 (heading) AMA shows alarm at Medicare spread.

1961 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 3 Sept. 21/2 (heading) Portland doctor lauds Kennedy Medicare plan [sc. for health care for the elderly].

1962 Economist 16 June 1099 Ailing Medicare.

1963 Times 25 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. vi/6 The Canadian medicare problem must be seen against Canada's geographical, economic and political background.

1963 Punch 16 Oct. 577/3 The cost of providing Medicare..would be less than the annual cost of burying them.

1965 New Statesman 6 Aug. 177/1 Last week he [sc. President Johnson] signed the medicare bill.

1971 Optometry Today (Amer. Optometric Assoc.) 22 At present, optometrists..cannot provide optometric services to American senior citizens under the Medicare program.

1974 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 2 Mar. 8/3 Saskatchewan, which introduced medicare amid stormy and turbulent summer days in 1961, is embarking on a denticare programme.

1992 Times of India 30 July 2/8 Free medicare van for the aged to visit Old Seemapuri.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	medicare
释义	Medicaren. Brit. /ˈmɛdᵻkɛː/, U.S. /ˈmɛdəˌkɛ(ə)r/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: medical adj., care n.¹ Etymology: < medi- (in medical adj.) + care n.¹ (compare sense 4 at that entry). A programme, usually government funded, for providing health care; spec. one providing medical insurance for the dependants of members of the U.S. armed forces (the earliest scheme); one administered by the provinces in Canada, begun in Saskatchewan in 1962; one providing health insurance for the elderly in the United States, established in 1965. Cf. Medicaid n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical services and administration > [noun] > health service health service1935 National Health Service1946 NHS1948 national health1952 Medicare1953 Medicaid1966 Medibank1974 1953 Air Force Times 2 May 1/4 (heading) AMA shows alarm at Medicare spread. 1961 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 3 Sept. 21/2 (heading) Portland doctor lauds Kennedy Medicare plan [sc. for health care for the elderly]. 1962 Economist 16 June 1099 Ailing Medicare. 1963 Times 25 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. vi/6 The Canadian medicare problem must be seen against Canada's geographical, economic and political background. 1963 Punch 16 Oct. 577/3 The cost of providing Medicare..would be less than the annual cost of burying them. 1965 New Statesman 6 Aug. 177/1 Last week he [sc. President Johnson] signed the medicare bill. 1971 Optometry Today (Amer. Optometric Assoc.) 22 At present, optometrists..cannot provide optometric services to American senior citizens under the Medicare program. 1974 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 2 Mar. 8/3 Saskatchewan, which introduced medicare amid stormy and turbulent summer days in 1961, is embarking on a denticare programme. 1992 Times of India 30 July 2/8 Free medicare van for the aged to visit Old Seemapuri. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1953
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