socialized medicine
nounDefinition 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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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 Proponents of socialized medicine condemn profit in health care, but a for-profit hospital does not have a financial interest in killing its patients. — Rupert Darwall, WSJ, "Reform the NHS Before It Kills Again," 4 July 2018 The Democrat candidates are talking universal health care, Medicare for all, single payer, socialized medicine. — Reid J. Epstein, WSJ, "Health Law Is Back as Campaign Issue—This Time for Democrats," 11 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'socialized medicine.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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