Medicare

medicare medicaré English Etymology en :blend medical care 1 en medical care. en medic -care. Pronunciation en /ˈmɛdɪˌkɛə/ RP en /ˈmɛdɪˌkɛɚ/ GA en en-au-Medicare.ogg AU Proper noun en US The system of government subsidies for health care for the elderly and disabled. en Medigap#Proper noun en My mom started getting Medicare last week. en Alexandra Jaffe First on CNN: New Rove-linked group spends $2M to boost GOP incumbents w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2015/05/12/politics/one-nation-gop-group-launch/index.html 2015-05-12 One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey to pass the “doc fix” legislation that realigned payments to Medicare providers with inflation. https://web.archive.org/web/20260228000358/https://www.cnn.com/2015/05/12/politics/one-nation-gop-group-launch/index.html 28 February 2026 en Australian The publicly funded universal health care system, operated by the government authority Medicare Australia. From 1984. en 1984 w:Australian Bureau of Statistics Year Book Australia: No. 68, 1984 190 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Tl0gAgTBVLMC&pg=PA190&dq=%22Medicare%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=TlCuT8KYFa2eiAestryMCQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Medicare%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false Medicare benefits are available to all persons ordinarily resident in Australia with the exception of members of foreign diplomatic missions and their dependants. en 2008 Jackie Crisp; Catherine Taylor Potter and Perry′s Fundamentals of Nursing http://books.google.com.au/books?id=E3xiIQ1vPCUC&pg=PA25&dq=%22Medicare%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=TlCuT8KYFa2eiAestryMCQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Medicare%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 25 All Australians are covered by Medicare, which is a universal insurance system controlled by the Australian Government through Commonwealth–State Health Care Agreements. en 2010 Elizabeth MacKinlay Ageing and Spirituality Across Faiths and Cultures 229 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=goYcTM7ztqcC&pg=PA229&dq=%22Medicare%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=TlCuT8KYFa2eiAestryMCQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Medicare%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false Aside from Medicare, Australia′s universal health care system, most other support is income- or means-tested, depending on the level of income and assets of the care recipient, with some residents required to pay a daily fee to contribute to their care. en Canada en medicare. Derived terms en Medigap See also en Medicaid Anagrams en acdeeimr ceramide