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词汇 Medicare
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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.

    (美国)(对65岁以上老人的)医疗保险制度

    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. 1.1 (in Canada and Australia) a national health-care scheme financed by taxation.
      (加拿大和澳大利亚)全国医疗保健计划
      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.

    (美国)(对65岁以上老人的)医疗保险制度

    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.

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