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Noun: medicare  'me-di,kehr
Usage: Cdn, Austral
  1. National public health scheme financed by taxation
Noun: Medicare  'me-du,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

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