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The American people say, 'Don't touch Social Security, don't touch Medicare, don't cut defense.' That's 84 percent of the federal budget.
Kent Conrad

Meaning of "Medicare" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MEDICARE

Medi(Cal) + care.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MEDICARE

Medicare  [ˈmɛdɪˌkɛə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEDICARE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Medicare is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MEDICARE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Medicare

Medicare may refer to any of several publicly funded health insurance programs: ▪ Medicare ▪ Medicare ▪ Medicare...

Definition of Medicare in the English dictionary

The first definition of Medicare in the dictionary is a federally sponsored health insurance programme for persons of 65 or older. Other definition of Medicare is a similar programme covering all citizens. Medicare is also a government-controlled general health-insurance scheme.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MEDICARE


aftercare
ˈɑːftəˌkɛə
care
kɛə
childcare
ˈtʃaɪldˌkɛə
daycare
ˈdeɪˌkɛə
decare
ˈdɛkɛə
eldercare
ˈɛldərˌkɛə
lifecare
ˈlaɪfˌkɛə
Obamacare
əʊˈbɑːməˌkɛə
scare
skɛə
skincare
ˈskɪnkɛə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MEDICARE

Medical Research Council

WORDS THAT END LIKE MEDICARE

community care
customer care
domiciliary care
easy-care
for all I care
hair care
health care
home care
hospital care
in care
intensive care
long-term care
medical care
mental health care
pastoral care
personal care
primary care
residential care
ricercare
take care

Synonyms and antonyms of Medicare in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Medicare» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MEDICARE

Find out the translation of Medicare to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Medicare from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Medicare» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

医疗保险
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Medicare
570 millions of speakers

English

Medicare
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चिकित्सा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرعاية الطبية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Medicare
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Medicare
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মেডিকেয়ার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´assurance-maladie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Medicare
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Medicare
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

メディケア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

메디 케어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Medicare
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Medicare
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மருத்துவ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेडिकेयर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sağlık sigortası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Medicare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Medicare
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Medicare
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

medicare
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Medicare
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Medicare
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Medi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Medicare
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Medicare

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MEDICARE»

The term «Medicare» is very widely used and occupies the 14.594 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «Medicare» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of Medicare
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Medicare».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MEDICARE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Medicare» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Medicare» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Medicare

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10 QUOTES WITH «MEDICARE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Medicare.
1
Marcia Angell
Liberals are wrong to think that opposition to health reform is a rejection of big government. If health reform consisted of extending Medicare to everyone, people would be delighted. There are millions of 64-year-olds out there who can hardly wait to be 65.
2
John Barrasso
We need to save and strengthen and fix Medicare. Seniors realize Medicare is broken.
3
Susan Brooks
A budget matters to people who worry about protecting and saving critical programs like Medicare and Social Security. A budget matters to younger workers who fear that more and more money will be taken from their paychecks to fund another generation's spending spree.
4
Michael Burgess
On January 1, 2006, Medicare will begin to offer a prescription drug benefit, and for the first time, it will place an emphasis on preventive care and early treatment of disease.
5
Robert Byrd
The money the president wants to borrow for Iraq will come directly out of the American taxpayer wallets in the form of Medicare and Social Security receipts. That's your money.
6
Eric Cantor
We believe that if you put in place the mechanisms that allow for personal choice as far as Medicare is concerned, as well as the programs in Medicaid, that we can actually get to a better result and do what most Americans are learning how to do, which is to do more with less.
7
Bob Casey, Jr.
So often, generalizations don't apply to Catholic voters. Catholics are concerned about the war, the economy, about issues like abortion, issues pertaining to the budget and funding Medicaid and Medicare and what happens to the environment.
8
Ron Chernow
The public has lost faith in the ability of Social Security and Medicare to provide for old age. They've lost faith in the banking system and in conventional medical insurance.
9
Tom Coburn
I believe keeping our promises should be our highest priority and that means saving Social Security and Medicare while preserving the American dream for our children and grandchildren.
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Kent Conrad
The American people say, 'Don't touch Social Security, don't touch Medicare, don't cut defense.' That's 84 percent of the federal budget.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEDICARE»

Discover the use of Medicare in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Medicare and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Political Life of Medicare
As Jonathan Oberlander demonstrates in The Political Life of Medicare, these developments herald the reopening of a historic debate over Medicare's fundamental purpose and structure.
Jonathan Oberlander, 2003
2
The Politics of Medicare
This is a vibrant study of an important piece of legislation that asks and answers several questions: How could the American political system yield a policy that simultaneously appeased anti-governmental biases and used the federal ...
Theodore R. Marmor, 1970
3
Medicare Prospective Payment and the Shaping of U.S. Health Care
This is the definitive work on Medicare’s prospective payment system (PPS), which had its origins in the 1972 Social Security Amendments, was first applied to hospitals in 1983, and came to fruition with the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
Rick Mayes, Robert A. Berenson, 2006
4
Medicare: A Policy Primer
She examines the problems facing the program and which reform options hold the most promise. She also examines the history of Medicare and how the program works in the broader context of health care, the federal government, and the economy.
Marilyn Moon, 2006
5
Medicare: A Strategy for Quality Assurance : Executive Summary
Committee to Design a Strategy for Quality Review and Assurance in Medicare, Kathleen N. Lohr, Steven A. Schroeder. and society are explicitly to be considered. How care is provided should reflect appropriate use of the most current ...
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee to Design a Strategy for Quality Review and Assurance in Medicare, Kathleen N. Lohr, Steven A. Schroeder, 1990
6
Canadian Medicare: We Need It and We Can Keep It
A rousing call to continue Canada's public health insurance program rather than rely on private insurance.
Stephen Duckett, Adrian Peetoom, 2013
7
Medicare: Current Issues and Background
This book examines the major problems that have been plaguing Medicare for years, as well as the possible solutions to them.
S. N. Colamery, 2003
8
Making Medicare: New Perspectives on the History of Medicare ...
However, very little has been written to date on how Medicare as we know it was developed and implemented. This collection fills a serious gap in the existing literature by providing a comprehensive policy history of Medicare in Canada.
Gregory Marchildon, 2012
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Medicare
Including up-to-date details about Medicare in light of the 2010 Health Care Reform bill, this book will help readers understand past concerns about the program, as well as current issues and ways to address them.
Jennie J. Kronenfeld, 2011
10
Guide to Health Insurance for People with Medicare
What Medicare pays and doesn1t pay (Medicare benefit charts); types of private health insurance; tips on shopping for private health insurance; insurance counseling telephone numbers; state insurance departments, and Medigap policy ...
DIANE Publishing Company, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEDICARE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Medicare is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Government Report Cites Shortfalls in Medicare's Screening …
Thousands of medical providers signed up to bill Medicare using questionable addresses, and dozens of doctors enrolled despite disciplinary ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
Aetna-Humana merger plans raise questions for Illinois Medicare
Aetna's agreement to acquire rival Humana would further concentrate the business of selling private Medicare plans to seniors in Illinois, ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
3
Eve Shapiro: Medicare for All should be the goal
Medicare, one of our nation's most valuable and popular social programs, turns 50 on July 30. Medicare is a federal health insurance program ... «Arizona Daily Star, Jul 15»
4
Medicare mix-up and the wrong tree cutter
I'll start with Edward Sowinski of Fort Myers, who received Medicare statements showing he had been treated for kidney failure at Allegheny ... «The News-Press, Jul 15»
5
Palaszczuk urges Medicare levy jump over GST rise
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has backed a proposal by her Victorian Labor counterpart Daniel Andrews to use the Medicare ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
6
Medicare's midlife crisis: Catastrophic finances pit doctors against …
As a result, she is now one of the roughly 9-to-10 million disabled people on Medicare. And for Maryanne, that means she can't get the ... «Washington Examiner, Jul 15»
7
Medicare's Failure to Cover CGM at Odds With Other Health …
Due to the Special Diabetes Program, which was renewed as part of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, and ... «AJMC.com Managed Markets Network, Jul 15»
8
Premier Daniel Andrews prefers raising Medicare levy to an …
PREMIER Daniel Andrews says an increase to the Medicare levy of one per cent to better fund health spending would cost people who earn ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
9
Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro faces cuts in Medicare and …
ATTLEBORO - Sturdy Memorial Hospital will see a $300,000 reduction in state Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements in the coming year ... «The Sun Chronicle, Jul 15»
10
Medicare bizarrely limits skin cancer removal
The idea that Medicare would prohibit doctors from removing more than one skin lesion at a time never occurred to me. It makes no sense, ... «Orlando Sentinel, Jul 15»

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