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Medicare is a system by which the United States government helps to pay for the medical treatment of older people, usually from age 65. Some younger people with certain long-term disabilities can join too.
Medicare Medicare is是 a system by which the United States government helps to pay for the medical treatment of older people一種美國政府用來幫忙支付年長者醫療費用的制度 usually from age 65通常從65歲開始 some younger people with certain long-term disabilities一些有特定長期身心障礙的年輕人 can join too也可以加入
It is a national programme, so it feels more uniform from state to state than Medicaid. It does not make care free: people still often pay some share, and there are different parts for hospitals, doctors, and extra cover.
It is它是 a national programme一個全國性的制度 so it feels more uniform from state to state than Medicaid所以比Medicaid在各州之間感覺更一致 it does not make care free它不會讓醫療變免費 people still often pay some share人們通常還是要付一部分費用 and而且 there are different parts for hospitals, doctors, and extra cover分成給醫院、醫生、額外保障的不同部分
The name is a blend of medical and care.
The name這個名字 is a blend是...的合成詞 of medical and care由medical和care合成的詞
Though actually, the word is not only American — Australia, for example, has used Medicare for its own public health system — but in US news it means this programme for older people. The mix-up with Medicaid is the famous one: Medicare is mainly age (and some disability); Medicaid is mainly low income.
Though actually不過實際上 the word這個詞 is not only American不只是美國在用 Australia澳洲 for example舉例來說 has used Medicare也用Medicare這個詞 for its own public health system來稱呼自己的公共醫療系統 but不過 in US news在美國新聞裡 it means它指的是 this programme for older people這個給年長者的制度 the mix-up with Medicaid跟Medicaid搞混 is the famous one是最有名的一個 Medicare is mainly age Medicare主要看年齡 and some disability也看一些身心障礙狀況 Medicaid is mainly low income而Medicaid主要看低收入
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Medicarename/ˈmɛdɪˌkɛə/
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The system of government subsidies for health care for the elderly and disabled.
- My mom started getting Medicare last week.
- One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey to pass the “doc fix” legislation that realigned payments to Medicare providers with inflation.
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The publicly funded universal health care system, operated by the government authority Medicare Australia.
- Medicare benefits are available to all persons ordinarily resident in Australia with the exception of members of foreign diplomatic missions and their dependants.
- All Australians are covered by Medicare, which is a universal insurance system controlled by the Australian Government through Commonwealth–State Health Care Agreements.
medicarenoun
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The Canadian public health insurance system.
- He said, for him, the Liberals defined Canada by championing medicare and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and by addressing such issues as same-sex marriage.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。