medicare
UK/ˈmɛdɪˌkɛə/US/ˈmɛdɪˌkɛɚ/
medicare noun: the Canadian public health insurance system.
Noun
medicare (uncountable)
- The Canadian public health insurance system.
- He said, for him, the Liberals defined Canada by championing medicare and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and by addressing such issues as same-sex marriage.2009 January 20, Les Whittington, “Ignatieff decries Harper's 'plan'”, in Toronto Star
Proper noun capitalized: Medicare
Medicare
- The system of government subsidies for health care for the elderly and disabled.
- My mom started getting Medicare last week.
- 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...2015 May 12, Alexandra Jaffe, “First on CNN: New Rove-linked group spends $2M to boost GOP incumbents”, in CNN
- The publicly funded universal health care system, operated by the government authority Medicare Australia.
- Medicare benefits are available to all persons ordinarily resident in Australia with the exception of members of foreign diplomatic missions and their dependants.1984, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Year Book Australia: No. 68, 1984, page 190
- All Australians are covered by Medicare, which is a universal insurance system controlled by the Australian Government through Commonwealth–State Health Care Agreements.2008, Jackie Crisp, Catherine Taylor, Potter and Perry′s Fundamentals of Nursing, page 25
- Alternative letter-case form of medicare.
medicare meaning in Urdu, Telugu, Kannada and Gujarati
medicare in Urdu
- میڈیکیئر
medicare in Telugu
- మెడికేర్
medicare in Kannada
- ಮೆಡಿಕೇರ್
medicare in Gujarati
- મેડિકેર
More languagesFewer languages
- medicare in Nepali
- मेडिकेयर
Origin of medicare
Blend of medical + care. By surface analysis, medic + -care.
Words formed from medicare
Questions about medicare
- What does medicare mean?
- Medicare means the Canadian public health insurance system.
- What is medicare in Urdu?
- Medicare in Urdu is میڈیکیئر. See Medicare meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is medicare?
- Medicare can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce medicare?
- Medicare is pronounced /ˈmɛdɪˌkɛə/ (UK).
Words near medicare in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: medicare (page history and authors); Medicare (page history and authors); medicare (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); medicare (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); medicare (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); medicare (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); medicare (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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