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Medicare

[med-i-kair] / ˈmɛd ɪˌkɛər /
NOUN
health insurance
Synonyms
WEAK
Medicaid comprehensive medical insurance group medical insurance health plan major medical managed care
NOUN
socialized medicine
Synonyms
WEAK
Medicaid health insurance sickness insurance state medicine

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CMS has also flagged fraud in traditional Medicare hospice care and purchases of medical equipment like catheters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

A 2024 study in the journal Health Affairs found that hospital discharges with the highest Medicare severity billing coding rose 41% between 2011 and 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

There were many factors they needed to consider, including Medicare, which is not available there, and filing taxes as a U.S. citizen.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Medicare Advantage is a program under which the federal government pays private health insurers to operate a parallel program to Medicare.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Some were covered through Medicare, others on and off by spouses, but they all went stretches with no coverage or money for treatment.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot