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Medicare

[ med-i-kair ]

noun

  1. (sometimes lowercase) a U.S. government program of hospitalization insurance and voluntary medical insurance for persons aged 65 and over and for certain disabled persons under 65. Compare Medicaid.
  2. (lowercase) any of various government-funded programs to provide medical care to a population.


Medicare

/ ˈmɛdɪˌkɛə /

noun

  1. (in the US) a federally sponsored health insurance programme for persons of 65 or older
  2. often not capital (in Canada) a similar programme covering all citizens
  3. (in Australia) a government-controlled general health-insurance scheme


Medicare

1
  1. A federal health insurance program, administered by the Social Security Administration , that provides health care for the aged.


Medicare

2
  1. A federal program providing medical care for the elderly. Established by a health insurance bill in 1965, as part of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society , the Medicare program made a significant step for social welfare legislation and helped establish the growing population of the elderly as a pressure group . ( See entitlements .)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Medicare1

C20: medi ( cal ) + care

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Example Sentences

Patients at those nursing homes more frequently suffered from reduced mobility following admission to the facility, too, and bills went up—with Medicare reimbursements increasing 11% within 90 days.

From Quartz

The nominee’s views on how to treat the two forms of Medicare are significant because, in the past decade, the number of Americans 65 and older preferring private health plans has increased substantially.

Pre-pandemic, Medicare could pay for telehealth only if a patient lived in a designated rural area and went to a medical facility to consult with doctors based elsewhere.

In 2018, more than one in four Medicare beneficiaries had no digital access at home.

That’s why in addition to their seed funding, Bold has plans to start rolling out partnerships with Medicare Advantage organizations and risk-bearing providers, which will help make their exercise programs available to users for free.

Social Security and/or Medicare “reform” along Paul Ryan-esque lines.

Medicare, the program for the elderly and disabled, lifted its ban on covering sex reassignment surgery earlier this year.

That law encourages doctors to opt out of Medicare—shrinking access to care.

“Pfizer actively supported the Medicare Prescription Drug benefit which became law in 2003,” the company notes.

In 2003, Congress and the Bush administration joined forces to create Medicare Part D—the prescription-drug benefit.

And we must make sure that every senior on Medicare can choose a health care plan that offers prescription drugs.

We increase spending next year for Social Security and Medicare and other entitlement programs by $81 billion.

Health care reform must begin with Medicare; Medicare is the binding commitment of a caring society.

My budget will commit an additional $400 billion over the next decade to reform and strengthen Medicare.

Leaders of both political parties have talked for years about strengthening Medicare.

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