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Medicare

[med-i-kair] / ˈmɛd ɪˌkɛər /
NOUN
health insurance
Synonyms
WEAK
Medicaid comprehensive medical insurance group medical insurance health plan major medical managed care
NOUN
socialized medicine
Synonyms
WEAK
Medicaid health insurance sickness insurance state medicine

Example Sentences

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They can also reduce Medicare premium surcharges by keeping you in a lower tax bracket.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

There were many factors they needed to consider, including Medicare, which is not available there, and filing taxes as a U.S. citizen.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Medicare Advantage is a program under which the federal government pays private health insurers to operate a parallel program to Medicare.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

UnitedHealth and peers jump after the government announces a 2.48% average increase in Medicare payments for next year.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

All but one of the others are female, with an average age I would guess in the late twenties, though the range seems to go from prom-fresh to well into the Medicare years.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich