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socialized medicine

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A government-regulated system for providing health care for all by means of subsidies derived from taxation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An umbrella term for any system of government-run health care.
  • noun US, politics, idiomatic A politically charged term used to contrast such systems with free market alternatives and emphasize the perceived link to socialism.

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