Definitions for Medicare

Medicare Med·i·care

Spelling: [med-i-kair]
IPA: /ˈmɛd ɪˌkɛər/

Medicare is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 329 anagrams from letters in Medicare (acdeeimr).

Definitions for Medicare

noun

  1. (sometimes lowercase) a U.S. government program of hospitalization insurance and voluntary medical insurance for persons aged 65 and over and for certain disabled persons under 65. Compare Medicaid.
  2. (lowercase) any of various government-funded programs to provide medical care to a population.

Origin of Medicare

medi(cal) + care

Examples for Medicare

Medicare's finances are strained, and its coverage is outdated.

Medicare that we were unable to pass for so many years is now a part of American life.

Social Security and/or Medicare “reform” along Paul Ryan-esque lines.

“Pfizer actively supported the Medicare Prescription Drug benefit which became law in 2003,” the company notes.

Under the new Medicare law, Medicare beneficiaries have all or part of their prescription-drug costs covered by the government.

That law encourages doctors to opt out of Medicare—shrinking access to care.

I propose catastrophic health insurance for everybody covered by Medicare.

Medicare, the program for the elderly and disabled, lifted its ban on covering sex reassignment surgery earlier this year.

We will reform Social Security and Medicare, sparing our children from struggles we have the power to prevent.

Medicare's finances are strained and its coverage is outdated.

Word Value for Medicare
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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