Medicare

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Medical places & organizations
A & E
accident and emergency
aid station
biotech
birth centre
consulting room
delivery room
detoxification centre
institutional
lunatic asylum
maternity suite
maternity unit
medical centre
memory clinic
multi-hospital
nuthouse
pharmacy
sanitarium
sickroom
ward

Medicaid | American Dictionary

Medicaid
noun[ U ]
us/ˈmed·ɪˌkeɪd/
a government service in the US for poor people that pays for their medical treatment

Medicaid | Business English

Medicaid
noun[ U ]
 INSURANCEuk /ˈmedɪkeɪd/us
in the US, a government program that pays for medical treatment for poor people:
Some people are too poor to afford health insurance but earn too much to qualify for Medicaid.
About 555,000 children are currently covered under Medicaid.
Medicaid programs/services/costs
Medicaid patients/recipients/officials