socialized medicine
noun
: 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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Experts said it is not socialized medicine.
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Politifact Staff, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2020
New York Democrats hope that 2021 is the year socialized medicine finally arrives in the Empire State.
—Sally Pipes, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
Webb, a lawyer and physician who supports neither defunding police nor socialized medicine, lost to Republican Bob Good by five points in a historically red Virginia congressional district.
—Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2020
But consider the possibility of socialized medicine, and advances in technology.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 21 Nov. 2011
The timing is deliberate: The administration is trying to keep the maximum number of ineligible people on Medicaid—a sneaky step closer to socialized medicine or essentially Medicaid for All—even though that means doing massive damage to taxpayers.
—Tarren Bragdon and Sam Adolphsen, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2022
The National Health Service has long been a model for fans of socialized medicine worldwide.
—Sally Pipes, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
Indeed, all the world’s proponents of socialized medicine, which includes most of the public-health community, are now lining up to get access to the vaccines that U.S. capitalism delivered.
—Tomas J. Philipson, National Review, 2 Apr. 2021
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, 5 Dec. 2020
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Politifact Staff, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2020
New York Democrats hope that 2021 is the year socialized medicine finally arrives in the Empire State.
—Sally Pipes, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
Webb, a lawyer and physician who supports neither defunding police nor socialized medicine, lost to Republican Bob Good by five points in a historically red Virginia congressional district.
—Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2020
But consider the possibility of socialized medicine, and advances in technology.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 21 Nov. 2011
The timing is deliberate: The administration is trying to keep the maximum number of ineligible people on Medicaid—a sneaky step closer to socialized medicine or essentially Medicaid for All—even though that means doing massive damage to taxpayers.
—Tarren Bragdon and Sam Adolphsen, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2022
The National Health Service has long been a model for fans of socialized medicine worldwide.
—Sally Pipes, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
Indeed, all the world’s proponents of socialized medicine, which includes most of the public-health community, are now lining up to get access to the vaccines that U.S. capitalism delivered.
—Tomas J. Philipson, National Review, 2 Apr. 2021
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, 5 Dec. 2020
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First Known Use
1912, in the meaning defined above
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socialized medicine
noun
: 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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