socialized medicine

noun

: medical and hospital services for the members of a class or population administered by an organized group (such as a state agency) and paid for from funds obtained usually by assessments, philanthropy, or taxation

Examples of socialized medicine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

European countries have socialized medicine, more access to education and good standards of living. —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 17 May 2024

Experts said it is not socialized medicine. —Politifact Staff, Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 2020

New York Democrats hope that 2021 is the year socialized medicine finally arrives in the Empire State. —Sally Pipes, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021

Webb, a lawyer and physician who supports neither defunding police nor socialized medicine, lost to Republican Bob Good by five points in a historically red Virginia congressional district. —Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1912, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

socialized medicine

noun

: medical and hospital services for the members of a class or population administered by an organized group (as a state agency) and paid for from funds obtained usually by assessments, philanthropy, or taxation