What does "medicaid" mean?

health care for the needy; a federally and state-funded program

How do you pronounce "medicaid"?

Pronounced //ˈmɛdɪˌkeɪd//.

Medicaid

Q: What is a synonym for "medicaid"?

Common synonyms include: adc, aerospace medicine, biomedicine, clinical medicine, comparative medicine, constitutional medicine.

//ˈmɛdɪˌkeɪd// name

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Definitions

Noun

1
health care for the needy; a federally and state-funded program wordnet

Proper Noun

1
US government system for providing medical assistance to persons unable to afford medical treatments.
"Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon has warned Musk that he needs to be "careful" about cutting Medicaid as a "lot of MAGA" uses the health care plan."

Synonyms

All synonyms

adc aerospace medicine biomedicine clinical medicine comparative medicine constitutional medicine

Example

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"Medicaid, a program originally created to provide medical care for poverty-level women and children, today spends almost a third of its budget on elderly people."

Etymology

Blend of medical + aid.

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