Medicare Definition

mediker
noun
A national health program through which certain medical and hospital expenses of the aged and the needy are paid for from federal, mostly social security, funds.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

(US) The system of government subsidies for health care for the elderly and disabled.

My mom started getting Medicare last week.
Wiktionary
(Canada) Alternative spelling of medicare.
Wiktionary

Origin of Medicare

  • Blend of medical and care.

    From Wiktionary

  • medi(cal) care

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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