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so·cial·ized medicine

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  1. socialized medicinenoun

    An umbrella term for any system of government-run health care.

  2. socialized medicinenoun

    A politically charged term used to contrast such systems with free market alternatives and emphasize the perceived link to socialism.

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  1. Socialized medicine

    Socialized medicine is a term used in the United States to describe and discuss systems of universal health care—medical and hospital care for all by means of government regulation of health care and subsidies derived from taxation. Because of historically negative associations with socialism in American culture, the term is usually used pejoratively in American political discourse. The term was first widely used in the United States by advocates of the American Medical Association in opposition to President Harry S. Truman's 1947 health care initiative. It was later used in opposition to Medicare. The Affordable Care Act has been described in terms of socialized medicine, but the act's objective is rather socialized insurance, not government ownership of hospitals and other facilities as is common in other nations.

Wikidata

  1. Socialized medicine

    Socialized medicine is a term used in the United States to describe and discuss systems of universal health care - that is, medical and hospital care for all at a nominal cost by means of government regulation of health care and subsidies derived from taxation. Because of historically negative associations with socialism in American culture, the term is usually used pejoratively in American political discourse. The term was first widely used in the United States by advocates of the American Medical Association in opposition to President Harry S. Truman's 1947 health-care initiative.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of socialized medicine in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of socialized medicine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of socialized medicine in a Sentence

  1. Bernie Sanders:

    I believe in socialized medicine, public ownership of the drug companies and placing doctors on salaries. The idea that millionaires can make money by selling poor people drugs that they desperately need for highly inflated prices disgusts me.

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