health care
noun
            variants  
 or healthcare    
    
                                                        ˈhelth-ˌker  
                                                    
         also  ˈheltth-
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                                                      : efforts made to maintain, restore, or promote someone's physical, mental, or emotional well-being especially when performed by trained and licensed professionals                                      
              
                             
affordable health care
                                       single-payer/universal health care
                                       Health care is about keeping people healthy or fixing them up when they get sick.— Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Ezekiel J. Emanuel
                                       … has invested more than $500 million to improve access to quality healthcare in rural America …— Bemidji Pioneer (online)
Bemidji Pioneer (online)
                                       … the wearable [device] market is empowering people to take charge of their own healthcare.— Rebecca Bellan
Rebecca Bellan
                         
                
                  —sometimes hyphenated when used before another nounhealth-care costs
Residents receive their meals, assistance with medications, … limited health-care services, supervision and companionship.— Jere Daniel
Jere Daniel
    
                
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                                                      : the people and organizations that provide health care                                      
              
                             
jobs in health care
                                       The charges speak to some of the problems that face healthcare …— Dave Newbart
Dave Newbart
                         
                
                  —sometimes hyphenated when used before another nounhealth-care workers
the health-care system/industry
    
                
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