MEDICARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Medicare mean? 

• MEDICARE (noun)
  The noun MEDICARE has 1 sense:

1. health care for the aged; a federally administered system of health insurance available to persons aged 65 and over

  Familiarity information: MEDICARE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEDICARE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Health care for the aged; a federally administered system of health insurance available to persons aged 65 and over

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("Medicare" is a kind of...):

health care (social insurance for the ill and injured)

 Context examples 

Medicare helps with the cost of health care.

(Medicare, NIH)

Medicare pays for hospital stays, medical services, and some prescription drugs but people who receive Medicare must pay part of their healthcare costs.

(Medicare, NCI Dictionary)

It is available to everyone who has Medicare.

(Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)

This may include: • Getting financial and legal documents in order • Looking into assisted living or nursing homes • Finding out what your health insurance and Medicare will cover

(Alzheimer's Caregivers, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

The patient will be admitted into a medical center and receive a type of hospital bed that will be paid for my Medicare.

(Hospital with Medicare Approved Swing Bed, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Medicare does not cover the costs of assisted living.

(Assisted Living, Administration on Aging)

Personal health maintenance at an individual's residence that is administered and monitored by a member of a healthcare organization that is eligible to receive Medicare funding.

(Home Under Care of Organized Home Health Service Organization in Anticipation of Covered Skilled Care, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

A medical center with a swing type of hospital bed that will be paid for my Medicare.

(Hospital with Medicare Approved Swing Bed, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

The patient will return home but personal health maintenance will be administered and monitored by a member of a healthcare organization that is eligible to receive Medicare funding.

(Home Under Care of Organized Home Health Service Organization in Anticipation of Covered Skilled Care, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A medical center which is eligible to receive funding from Medicaid but not Medicare.

(Nursing Facility Certified Under Medicaid but Not Certified Under Medicare, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)