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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European countries have socialized medicine, more access to education and good standards of living. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 17 May 2024 Experts said it is not socialized medicine. 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 See all Example Sentences for socialized medicine 

Word History

First Known Use

1912, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of socialized medicine was in 1912

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“Socialized medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/socialized%20medicine. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

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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