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☆ Medi·care (med′i ker′)

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

Etymology: medi(cal) + care

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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