Medicare

noun

Medi·​care ˈme-di-ˌker How to pronounce Medicare (audio)
: a government program of medical care especially for the aged

Examples of Medicare in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web People earning more than $400,000 would also pay higher Medicare taxes to ensure the program’s financial viability. Josh Boak, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024 Some White House advisers are adamant that the president needs to hammer home these positive trends, as well as his actions to lower drug prices for seniors on Medicare, spur clean energy manufacturing and approve the biggest investment in the nation’s infrastructure in decades. Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024 For years, the nonpartisan group has called for revamping Medicare Advantage payments. John Tozzi Bloomberg News (tns), arkansasonline.com, 6 Mar. 2024 Medicaid can also benefit from price cuts reached through the Medicare process. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024 These two proposals expand on actions taken in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, which allowed Medicare for the first time to negotiate the price of 20 expensive drugs used by many Americans with diabetes, arthritis and heart disease. Bo Erickson, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2024 The hospital industry has been pushing Medicare officials and lawmakers to address the situation by freeing up cash to hospitals. Julie Creswell, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024 Under the old system, the average out-of-pocket cost for people on Medicare was about sixty-three dollars a month; today, it is capped at thirty-five dollars. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2024 Without Medigap, Original Medicare has no out-of-pocket maximum. Kate Ashford Of Nerdwallet, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

blend of medical and care

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Medicare was in 1953

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“Medicare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Medicare. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

Medicare

noun
Medi·​care ˈmed-i-ˌke(ə)r How to pronounce Medicare (audio)
-ˌka(ə)r
: a government program of medical care especially for the aged

Medical Definition

Medicare

noun
: a government program of medical care especially for the elderly

Legal Definition

Medicare

noun
Medi·​care ˈme-di-ˌkar How to pronounce Medicare (audio)
: a government program of medical care especially for the aged

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