Preferred Label : medicare;
MeSH definition : Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the
Aged, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, that provides health insurance
benefits to persons over the age of 65 and others eligible for Social Security benefits.
It consists of two separate but coordinated programs: hospital insurance (MEDICARE
PART A) and supplementary medical insurance (MEDICARE PART B). (Hospital Administration
Terminology, AHA, 2d ed and A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, US House of Representatives,
1976);
MeSH synonym : health insurance for aged, title 18; health insurance for aged and disabled, title 18; health insurance for aged, disabled, title 18;
Wikipedia automatic translation : Medicare (United States);
MeSH Hyperonym : insurance, health, for aged and disabled;
MeSH annotation : U.S. only: for Canada & Australia index under NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS country;
specify geog; Public Law 89-97;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare (United States);
Origin ID : D006278;
UMLS CUI : C0018717;
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Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the
Aged, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, that provides health insurance
benefits to persons over the age of 65 and others eligible for Social Security benefits.
It consists of two separate but coordinated programs: hospital insurance (MEDICARE
PART A) and supplementary medical insurance (MEDICARE PART B). (Hospital Administration
Terminology, AHA, 2d ed and A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, US House of Representatives,
1976)
https://drees.solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/er600.pdf
2007
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France
medicare
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insurance, health
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