socialized medicine

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Definition of socialized medicine

: medical and hospital services for the members of a class or population administered by an organized group (such as a state agency) and paid for from funds obtained usually by assessments, philanthropy, or taxation

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Recent Examples on the Web Isn’t the kind of socialized medicine that the U.K. has supposed to be less efficient and more ineffective than ours? — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, "Weekly Trump Report Card: As he digs in, Trump’s political power waning," 5 Dec. 2020 Despite the apparent perception among Americans that most other countries have socialized medicine, many of them have a mix of private and public options. — Popular Science, "Science was a big winner—and loser—at last night’s debate," 23 Oct. 2020 India has a system of socialized medicine, and government hospitals and research institutions are largely undertaking all Covid-19 response efforts (private hospitals are slowly joining in to keep up with demand). — Shraddha Chakradhar, STAT, "Covid-19 hasn’t yet hit India in a widespread way. But I saw more warnings there than I did in the U.S.," 27 Mar. 2020 In socialized medicine the state controls and is all powerful. — Wesley J. Smith, National Review, "Pressuring a Hospice to Kill," 24 Jan. 2020 Those of us who favor a single payer system, like Medicare for All, are finding that COVID-19 has suddenly opened a door to discussing socialized medicine. — Gavin Yamey, Time, "Why Coronavirus Testing Should Be Free For All Americans," 5 Mar. 2020 Although Colorado voters rejected a 2018 initiative restricting oil and gas development and a 2016 initiative to foist socialized medicine on the state, versions of these unpopular ideas were signed into law in the 2019 session. — Krista Kafer, The Denver Post, "Kafer: 2019 wasn’t the best or worst of times," 26 Dec. 2019 Voters want bipartisan action to lower the cost of health care and prescription drugs, not socialized medicine. — Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times, "Democrats Who Flipped Seats in 2018 Have a 2020 Playbook: Focus on Drug Costs," 24 Dec. 2019 Harris and Cory Booker instantly saluted Bernie Sanders’s socialized medicine or, even more incredibly, the antic Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s multitrillion-dollar Green New Deal? — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, "Trump’s ‘Sleepy Joe’ Problem," 19 June 2019

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socialized medicine

noun

English Language Learners Definition of socialized medicine

chiefly US : medical and hospital services that are provided to people by a government and that are paid for by taxes

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socialized medicine

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Medical Definition of socialized medicine

: medical and hospital services for the members of a class or population administered by an organized group (as a state agency) and paid for from funds obtained usually by assessments, philanthropy, or taxation

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