health care

variants: or healthcare \ ˈhelth-ˌker also ˈheltth-

Definition of health care

: efforts made to maintain or restore physical, mental, or emotional well-being especially by trained and licensed professionals —usually hyphenated when used attributivelyhealth-care providers

Examples of health care in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But autoworkers have kept their Cadillac health care coverage as other workers have paid more. — Randy Essex, Detroit Free Press, "Who's an autoworker able to trust amid high GM profit and UAW scandal?," 16 Sep. 2019 Mr Bishop, overcoming a reflexive Republican aversion to handouts, sponsored a bill signed into law in July in North Carolina’s statehouse to funnel money for health care and poverty alleviation to the Lumbee. — The Economist, "What a Republican victory in North Carolina means for 2020," 14 Sep. 2019 Generally, substantive conversation about the fundamental reform of education in America took a back seat to health care, foreign policy and climate. — Adam Harris, The Atlantic, "The Missing Education Questions in the Democratic Debate," 13 Sep. 2019 Workers also get more money from their employers for pension and health care. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "It’s official: Vons, Albertsons and Ralphs will stay open as grocery workers agree on new contract," 12 Sep. 2019 These are resources that can be used to pay for health care or they can be used to provide corporate welfare for folks who are underpaying their workers. — Seamus Kirst, Teen Vogue, "Stacey Abrams Wants You To Know That Politicians Are Trying To Keep You From Voting," 6 Sep. 2019 View Sample Sign Up Now Mugabe’s death follows an extended stay in a Singaporean hospital, where he was being treated for an undisclosed condition that, over the last few years of his life, required annual trips abroad for health care. — Aryn Baker, Time, "Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean Revolutionary Who Later Ruled With an Iron Fist, Dies at 95," 6 Sep. 2019 Boylan was one of several people arrested a decade ago for refusing to leave a U.S. senator’s office as part of a sit-in advocating for single-payer health care. — David Armstrong, ProPublica, "In Men, It’s Parkinson’s. In Women, It’s Hysteria.," 23 Aug. 2019 The organization says the change will mean longer wait times and higher costs for reproductive health care. — Fortune, "A Radical Plan to Recruit More Women to Finance: The Broadsheet," 20 Aug. 2019

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health care

noun

English Language Learners Definition of health care

: the prevention or treatment of illness by doctors, dentists, psychologists, etc.

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health care

noun

variants: or healthcare

Medical Definition of health care

: the maintaining and restoration of health by the treatment and prevention of disease especially by trained and licensed professionals (as in medicine, dentistry, clinical psychology, and public health) We developed penicillin, heart surgery and transplants, among many other breakthroughs that have transformed health care.— Thomas Fishbein Medicare payments for home healthcare will also be reduced by $40 billion over 10 years.— Peter Grier Pregnant health care workers should wash their hands more frequently than usual and be extra-careful when handling infectious objects.— Maria LaPiana —often hyphenated when used before another nounhealth-care providershealth-care coverage