ALL meanings of medicare
Med·i·care
M m - noun medicare (Canada) The Canadian national health care system. 1
- noun medicare (sometimes lowercase) a U.S. government program of hospitalization insurance and voluntary medical insurance for persons aged 65 and over and for certain disabled persons under 65. Compare Medicaid. 1
- noun medicare (lowercase) any of various government-funded programs to provide medical care to a population. 1
- noun medicare US medical insurance scheme 1
- uncountable noun medicare In the United States, Medicare is a government program that provides health insurance to cover medical costs for people aged 65 and older. 0
- noun medicare (in the US) a federally sponsored health insurance programme for persons of 65 or older 0
- noun medicare (in Canada) a similar programme covering all citizens 0
- noun medicare (in Australia) a government-controlled general health-insurance scheme 0
- noun medicare a national health program through which certain medical and hospital expenses of the aged and the needy are paid for from federal, mostly social security, funds 0
- noun medicare Medicare is the federal government plan in the U.S. for paying certain hospital and medical expenses for elderly persons qualifying under the plan. 0