Medicare

Related topics: Welfare

Med·i·care /ˈmedɪkeə $ -ker/ noun [uncountableU]

PEWa system by which the US government helps to pay for the medical treatment of old people 〔美国由政府设立的〕老年人医疗保健制度 → Medicaid

Examples from the Corpus

Medicare• This, they added, could jeopardize other large benefit programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.• Dole voted to cut Medicare by $ 270 billion.• Recently a self-styled young adults' lobby called Third Millennium hit on a provocative way to explain the impending Medicare crisis.• It favours the employed with good incomes on the one hand and the Medicare and Medicaid programmes on the other.• Republicans were pushing for saving about $ 168 billion from the Medicare health program for the elderly over the next seven years.• Further regulation is not likely to improve things. Medicare and Medicaid have a plethora of policies that escalate their own costs.

From Longman Business Dictionary

MedicareMed·i·care /ˈmedɪkeə-ker/ noun [uncountableU]

a system in the US by which the government helps to pay the cost of medical treatment for old people

There has been talk of cutting the Medicare budget further next year.

→ compare Medicaid

Origin Medicare

(1900-2000) medical + care

词汇	Medicare
释义	Medicare Related topics: Welfare Med·i·care /ˈmedɪkeə $ -ker/ noun [uncountableU] PEWa system by which the US government helps to pay for the medical treatment of old people 〔美国由政府设立的〕老年人医疗保健制度 → Medicaid Examples from the Corpus Medicare• This, they added, could jeopardize other large benefit programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.• Dole voted to cut Medicare by $ 270 billion.• Recently a self-styled young adults' lobby called Third Millennium hit on a provocative way to explain the impending Medicare crisis.• It favours the employed with good incomes on the one hand and the Medicare and Medicaid programmes on the other.• Republicans were pushing for saving about $ 168 billion from the Medicare health program for the elderly over the next seven years.• Further regulation is not likely to improve things. Medicare and Medicaid have a plethora of policies that escalate their own costs. From Longman Business Dictionary MedicareMed·i·care /ˈmedɪkeə-ker/ noun [uncountableU] a system in the US by which the government helps to pay the cost of medical treatment for old people There has been talk of cutting the Medicare budget further next year. → compare Medicaid Origin Medicare (1900-2000) medical + care
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