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Noun: medicare
Usage: Cdn, Austral
  1. National health public health scheme financed by taxation
Noun: Medicare  'medu`kehr
Usage: US
  1. Health care for the aged; a federally administered system of health insurance available to persons aged 65 and over

Derived forms: medicares

Type of: health care

Encyclopedia: Medicare