Associations to the word «Medicare»

Wiktionary

MEDICARE, noun. (Canada) The Canadian national health care system
MEDICARE, proper noun. (US) The system of government subsidies for health care for the elderly and disabled.
MEDICARE, proper noun. (Australian) The publicly funded universal health care system, operated by the government authority Medicare Australia. [From 1984.]
MEDICARE, proper noun. (Canada) Alternative spelling of medicare

Dictionary definition

MEDICARE, noun. Health care for the aged; a federally administered system of health insurance available to persons aged 65 and over.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley