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Medicare

Medicare is defined as a federal health program that pays for some of the medical and hospital expenses of people over 65 years of age using Social Security funds.

(noun)

An example of Medicare is the health program that will pay the hospital bill of a retired person.

See Medicare in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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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

Origin: medi(cal) + care

See Medicare in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also med·i·care

noun

A program under the U.S. Social Security Administration that reimburses hospitals and physicians for medical care provided to qualifying people over 65 years old.

Origin:

Origin: medi(cal)

Origin: + care

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