socialized medicine

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 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 Their success predates, and may even explain, their enactment of socialized medicine. — William A. Estes, National Review, "The American Medical Association Flirts with Socialized Medicine," 28 June 2019 The two candidates share a desire for government job guarantees, socialized medicine and socialized college funding, among other initiatives. — James Freeman, WSJ, "Elizabeth Warren Has a Central Plan for That," 19 June 2019 Would Bernie Sanders be able to find enough doctors to practice socialized medicine? — James Freeman, WSJ, "Who Wants to Be Bernie’s Nurse?," 28 Mar. 2019 This was, along with our birthday, the 70th anniversary of socialized medicine in Britain. — Fox News, "Unions brace for fallout from SCOTUS's Janus decision," 8 July 2018 In other words, both Gard’s and Evans’s cases are a lightning rod for existing UK anxieties about the National Health Service and the efficacy of socialized medicine, and of state intervention more generally. — Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, "The controversy surrounding terminally ill British toddler Alfie Evans, explained," 27 Apr. 2018 The British experiment with socialized medicine has been a monumental failure. — Sally C. Pipes, Fortune, "Why Does the Left Want Universal Health Care? Britain’s Is on Its Deathbed," 10 July 2018

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“Socialized medicine.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/socialized%20medicine. Accessed 20 January 2020.

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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