Definition of Medicare in English:
Medicare
proper nounˈmɛdɪkɛːˈmɛdɪˌkɛr
1(in the US) a federal system of health insurance for people over 65 years of age.
Example sentencesExamples
- How did Medicare, the federal health insurance program for the elderly, respond?
- Experts say that an alternative to Medicare is a private health insurance plan.
- First, Medicare wants to keep health care costs for its beneficiaries under control.
- This regulation is considered the most staggering health care law since Medicare.
- Kogan observes that the fastest growing federal programs are Medicare and Medicaid.
- 1.1 (in Canada and Australia) a national health-care scheme financed by taxation.
Example sentencesExamples
- Only the Australian people can save Medicare by making it their number one priority at the next federal election.
- Last year it was Medicare, Australia's public insurance scheme, which was under fire.
- Take the question of Medicare, Canada's universal public health system.
- The lack of prescription coverage under Medicare is a national scandal.
- The only way to hold to those principles is to have a tax-based funding scheme such as Medicare.
Origin
1960s: from medical + care.
Definition of Medicare in US English:
Medicare
proper nounˈmediˌkerˈmɛdɪˌkɛr
A federal system of health insurance for people over 65 years of age and for certain younger people with disabilities.
Example sentencesExamples
- How did Medicare, the federal health insurance program for the elderly, respond?
- Kogan observes that the fastest growing federal programs are Medicare and Medicaid.
- First, Medicare wants to keep health care costs for its beneficiaries under control.
- This regulation is considered the most staggering health care law since Medicare.
- Experts say that an alternative to Medicare is a private health insurance plan.
Origin
1960s: from medical + care.